Automated detection of optical counterparts to GRBs with RAPTOR
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-D466, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
The RAPTOR system (RAPid Telescopes for Optical Response) is an array of several distributed robotic telescopes that automatically respond to GCN localization alerts. Raptor-S is a 0.4-m telescope with 24 arc min. field of view employing a 1k x 1k Marconi CCD detector, and has already detected prompt optical emission from several GRBs within the first minute of the explosion. We present a real-time data analysis and alert system for automated identification of optical transients in Raptor-S GRB response data down to the sensitivity limit of {approx} 19 mag. Our custom data processing pipeline is designed to minimize the time required to reliably identify transients and extract actionable information. The system utilizes a networked PostgreSQL database server for catalog access and distributes email alerts with successful detections.
- OSTI ID:
- 20798689
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 836, Issue 1; Conference: 16. Maryland astrophysics conference, Washington, DC (United States), 29 Nov - 2 Dec 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2207918; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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