Atmospheric Aerosols at the MAGIC Site

2013/08/02 by Daniel Garrido, Garrido, Daniel, M. Gaug +9 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1308.0473

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Abstract

We investigate the performance of the MAGIC telescopes under three simulated atmospheric conditions: an increased aerosol content in the lower part of the troposphere, the presence of thin aerosol over-densities at different heights, and an extremely clean atmosphere. Weshow how the effective area of the telescope system is gradually reduced in the presence of varying concentrations of aerosols whereas the energy threshold rises. Clouds at different heights produce energy and altitude-dependent effects on the performance of the system.

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