Prompt VHE Observations of GRBs by MAGIC

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2737417· OSTI ID:21057316

Bastieri, Denis ^[1]

---

1. Dipartimento di Fisica - Universita di Padova, Via Marzolo 8 - 35131 Padova (Italy)

MAGIC is the fastest slewing Cherenkov telescope, with re-pointing capabilities of 20 - 40 s compared with the {approx} 10 min. of HESS and the few degrees per minute of VERITAS. Since the beginning of the GRB observation (April 2005) it observed a dozen of GRBs and set upper limits on their VHE emission. Most of them were triggered by SWIFT and have therefore quite a large z value. This can be one of the reasons why only upper limits could be set. As MAGIC has the lowest energy threshold among Cherenkov telescopes partially overlapping with GLAST, the simultaneous observation of GRBs by GLAST and MAGIC allows a continuous observation from 10 keV to 10 TeV.

• OSTI ID: 21057316
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 906; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
PHOTON EMISSION
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
TEV RANGE