The MAGIC Telescope - Prospects for GRB research
arXiv:astro-ph/9904178 · doi:10.1051/aas:1999369
Abstract
The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) Telescope collaboration is constructing a large Cherenkov telescope (17 m diameter) for the exploration of the gamma-ray energy regime above 10 GeV with high sensitivity. One of the highlights in the science program of this future observatory are the plans for fast follow-up observations of of GRBs. By ``fast'' we mean delays of less than 30 s between notification and the beginning of observations. The expected gamma counting rates are of the order of 100 Hz for a EGRET counting rate of 0.1 Hz above 100 MeV and a spectral index of 2.0 (this would correspond to a fluence of 10^{-5} erg cm^{-2} for 60 s burst duration). The good photon statistics will permit determination of spectra, search for cutoffs and measurement of light-curves with a time resolution of the order of 1 s.
2 pages, accepted for publication in the special issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supplement Series, containing the proceedings of the workshop "Gamma Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era"
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