MAGIC Observation of the Prompt and Afterglow Emission from GRBs

Bibcode
2008AIPC.1000..125G
DOI
10.1063/1.2943425
Galante, Nicola; Bastieri, Denis; Gaug, Markus; Garczarczyk, Markus; Longo, Francesco; Scapin, Valeria
Bibliographical reference

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1000, pp. 125-128 (2008).

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2008
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
3
Refereed citations
0
Description
During two years since the beginning of operation, the MAGIC telescope could observe several GRB events in the prompt and early afterglow phase. Thanks to its innovative design, the telescope could promptly react to incoming GCN alerts, rapidly slew to the burst coordinates within on average 45 seconds, performing observations with an energy threshold spanning from 80 to 200 GeV. The observations did not reveal any γ-ray emission. The computed upper limits are compatible with a power law extrapolation, where intrinsic fluxes are evaluated taking into account the attenuation due to the scattering in the Metagalactic Radiation Field.
Type
Non-refereed
Gamma-ray sources
Gamma-ray bursts
Galaxy groups

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