Physics Coordinator. The Physics Coordinator is empowered by the Collaboration Board to take day-to-day decisions on observation schedule, physics analyses and release of results, in agreement with the spokesperson. A Deputy Physics Coordinator may be nominated who can act as a proxy, if required, and whose additional functions shall be decided by the Physics Coordinator. He/She nominates and chairs a Physics Board, including, for instance, the Physics Working Group Conveners, internal physics experts, external scientific advisors (theorists and/or experimentalists) and a scheduler. The composition of this Board must be approved by the Collaboration Board. He/She is supported by a Physics Advisory Board, which includes the Physics board, plus additional experts. He/She nominates the members of the Editorial Board in agreement with the Chair of the Collaboration Board and entrusts them with the internal refereeing of scientific publications. The Editorial Board is composed by at least 3 members and it is renewed whenever a new Physics coordinator is nominated. The Physics coordinator is responsible for coordinating all physics issues as observation schedule, physics analyses, paper publications and presentations at conferences. Concerning physics results the procedure to observe is the following: The Physics Coordinator collects any new physics results from the Physics Working Group Conveners, and submits them to the Executive Board for approval. These results shall have the form of a short document (at most two or three pages including diagrams) explaining the data used, the analysis made, the results obtained and their possible relevance. The Executive Board approves an internal release within MAGIC as a “preliminary result”, and establishes a mechanism for its verification (for instance, checking by an independent analysis team). The Physics Coordinator follows up the proper verification of the result and brings it back to the Executive Board for formal approval, once verified. Once the result is approved, the authors are requested to produce a paper to be sent to an Editorial Board and by the Chair of the Collaboration Board; the Editorial Board shall guarantee proper internal refereeing. If the Editorial Board approves the document, the Physics Coordinator together with the Chair of the Collaboration Board takes charge of submitting it to the proper Journal. The (Chair of the) Collaboration Board shall maintain a proper author list. Superior scientific results published in...
