GRB Observations with the MAGIC Telescopes
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2019-08-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
MAGIC is currently the most suitable instrument to perform observations of the prompt an early afterglow emission from Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) at energies above 25 GeV. The instrument is designed to have the lowest possible energy threshold and fastest reaction time to GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) alerts. The MAGIC-I telescope started to follow-up GCN alerts in the beginning of 2005. Since then, more than 50 GRB candidates were observed. Just now MAGIC-II, the second telescope has started to operate. Both telescopes together will have a factor of three better sensitivity.
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@article{arxiv.0907.1001,
title = {GRB Observations with the MAGIC Telescopes},
author = {Markus Garczarczyk and Markus Gaug and Angelo Antonelli and Denis Bastieri and Josefa Becerra-Gonzalez and Stefano Covino and Antonio La Barbera and Alessandro Carosi and Nicola Galante and Francesco Longo and Valeria Scapin and Susanna Spiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1001},
year = {2019}
}
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Contribution to the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 2009