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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 74: Gammaastronomie III

T 74.1: Talk

Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 16:45–17:00, KGII-HS 2006

Atmospheric monitoring for the MAGIC telescope — •Jürgen Hose, Martin Fuchs, and Razmik Mirzoyan for the MAGIC collaboration — MPI for physics, Munich, Germany

Observation of Cherenkov-radiation from particle showers induced by high energy (GeV-TeV) cosmic rays in the high atmospheric layers is influenced by several physical parameters of the atmosphere. This is important for ground-based VHE gamma ray telescopes. Currently we're building a new improved micro-Lidar operating at 532 nm for monitoring the sky transparency. The system will be technical described and first measurements shown. Also we're using a pyrometer (cloud monitor) to detect clouds in the FOV of the MAGIC telescopes. Some results will be shown.