The MAGIC Telescope - Prospects for GRB research

GRB Observations with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC is currently the most suitable instrument to perform observations of the prompt and 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 th...

First Observations of the GRB Prompt and Early Afterglow Emission Phase at ∼ 100GeV Energy Regime with the 17mØ MAGIC Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope

Observations of VHE γ-Ray Sources with the MAGIC Telescope

The MAGIC telescope with its 17m diameter mirror is today the largest operating single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). It is located on the Canary Island La Palma, at an altitude of 2200m above sea level, as part of the Roque de los Muchachos European Northern Observatory. The MAGIC telescope detects celestial very high energy γ-radiation in the energy band between about 50 GeV and...

Prospects for detection of very high energy emission from GRB in the context of the External Shock model

The detection of the 100 GeV-TeV emission by a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) will provide an unprecedented opportunity to enlighten the nature of the central engine and the interaction between the relativistic flow and the environment of the burst progenitor. In this paper we show that there are exciting prospects of detecting by MAGIC high energy (HE) emission from the burst during the ”early” X-ray f...

ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 06 02 23 1 v 1 1 0 Fe b 20 06 Flux upper limit of gamma - ray emission by GRB 050713 a from MAGIC Telescope observations

The long-duration GRB050713a was observed by the MAGIC Telescope, 40 seconds after the burst onset, and followed up for 37 minutes, until twilight. The observation, triggered by a SWIFT alert, covered energies above ≈ 175 GeV. Using standard MAGIC analysis, no evidence for a gamma signal was found. As the redshift of the GRB was not measured directly, the flux upper limit, estimated by MAGIC, i...