The MAGIC Collaboration is building a second telescope, MAGIC II, improving the design of the current MAGIC Telescope. MAGIC II is being built at 85 of distance from MAGIC I, and will also feature a huge reflecting surface of 24à 2 of area. One of the improvement is the design for the mirror of MAGIC II, that are lighter and larger, being square of of side and weighting around 5 . For the development and production of the new mirrors, two different techniques, both reliable and affordable in price, were selected: the diamond milling of aluminium surfaces and the cold slumping of thin glass panes. As tests for the second one are still ongoing, we present a description of the diamond milling technique, and its application and performance to the produced mirrors.
The reflecting surface of the MAGIC-II Telescope
BASTIERI, DENIS;DAZZI, FRANCESCO;DORO, MICHELE;MARIOTTI, MOSE';
2008
Abstract
The MAGIC Collaboration is building a second telescope, MAGIC II, improving the design of the current MAGIC Telescope. MAGIC II is being built at 85 of distance from MAGIC I, and will also feature a huge reflecting surface of 24à 2 of area. One of the improvement is the design for the mirror of MAGIC II, that are lighter and larger, being square of of side and weighting around 5 . For the development and production of the new mirrors, two different techniques, both reliable and affordable in price, were selected: the diamond milling of aluminium surfaces and the cold slumping of thin glass panes. As tests for the second one are still ongoing, we present a description of the diamond milling technique, and its application and performance to the produced mirrors.
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