First time detection of a GRB at sub-TeV energies; MAGIC detects the GRB 190114C
ATel #12390; Razmik Mirzoyan on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration
on 15 Jan 2019; 01:03 UT
Credential Certification: Razmik Mirzoyan (Razmik.Mirzoyan@mpp.mpg.de)
Subjects: Gamma Ray, >GeV, TeV, VHE, Request for Observations, Gamma-Ray Burst
The MAGIC telescopes performed a rapid follow-up observation of GRB 190114C (Gropp et al., GCN 23688; Tyurina et al., GCN 23690, de Ugarte Postigo et al., GCN 23692, Lipunov et al. GCN 23693, Selsing et al. GCN 23695).
This observation was triggered by the Swift-BAT alert; we started observing at about 50s after Swift T0: 20:57:03.19.
The MAGIC real-time analysis shows a significance >20 sigma in the first 20 min of observations (starting at T0+50s) for energies >300GeV. The relatively high detection threshold is due to the large zenith angle of observations (>60 degrees) and the presence of partial Moon.
Given the brightness of the event, MAGIC will continue the observation of GRB 190114C until it is observable tonight and also in the next days.
We strongly encourage follow-up observations by other instruments.
The MAGIC contact persons for these observations are R. Mirzoyan (Razmik.Mirzoyan@mpp.mpg.de) and K. Noda (nodak@icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
MAGIC is a system of two 17m-diameter Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located at the Observatory Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary island La Palma, Spain, and designed to perform gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 50 GeV to greater than 50 TeV.
