The MAGIC Telescope and the Observation of Gamma Ray Bursts

Galante, N.; Bastieri, D.; Gaug, M.; Garczarczyk, M.; Peruzzo, L.; MAGIC Collaboration
Bibliographical reference

Proceedings of the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference. July 31-August 7, 2003. Trukuba, Japan. Under the auspices of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). Editors: T. Kajita, Y. Asaoka, A. Kawachi, Y. Matsubara and M. Sasaki, p.2753

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2003
Number of authors
6
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0
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1
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1
Description
The MAGIC telescope, with many technological innovations which allow the telescope to have a low energy threshold and a very fast slewing time, could be one of the first ground based experiments able to see transient phenomena like Gamma Ray Bursts. In this paper we present a study on the MAGIC telescope possibilities to observe GRBs, obtaining a result of 0.5 ÷ 2 observable GRBs per year.