Bibcode
Garczarczyk, M.; Antonelli, A.; Bastieri, D.; Becerra-González, J.; Carosi, A.; Covino, S.; Dominguez, A.; Gaug, M.; La Barbera, A.; Longo, F.; Scapin, V.; Spiro, S.
Bibliographical reference
DECIPHERING THE ANCIENT UNIVERSE WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1279, pp. 312-314 (2010).
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10
2010
Citations
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Description
MAGIC is built to perform observations of prompt and early afterglow
emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) above 25 GeV. The instrument is
designed to have the lowest possible energy threshold among the ground
based γ-ray detectors and the fastest reaction time to alerts
distributed over the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN). The MAGIC-I
telescope observed 57 GRBs during the first six years. In no cases Very
High Energy (VHE) γ-ray emission above the threshold energy could
be detected. The telescope has undergone several major improvements in
sensitivity and repositioning performance. The biggest improvement in
sensitivity was achieved with the installation of the second MAGIC-II
telescope. Since more than one year both telescopes are observing in
stereo mode. MAGIC are the only telescopes fast and sensitive enough to
extend the observational energy range of satellite detectors, while GRB
prompt and early afterglow emission is still ongoing.