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Title: Ground based {gamma}-ray burst follow-up efforts: The first three years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU {gamma}-ray burst rapid response network

Abstract

The BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU Rapid Response Network (BCN network) was formed in 1993 to provide rapid follow-up of well localized {gamma}-ray bursts imaged by the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. To date, about twenty burst fields have been imaged. COMPTEL localizations were available for about half of these GRBs. BATSE/BACODINE error boxes were used for the remaining bursts. The principle contributor to the optical follow-up effort has been the U.S. Air Force GEODSS system. This network consists of three sites located at Socorro, NM, Maui, HI, and Deigo Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Each site possesses two or three 40 inch Schmidt-like telescopes that can reach 17th magnitude in less than 1 second of exposure time. The remaining BCN network consists of {approx_equal}22 professional observatories located around the world spanning both northern and southern hemispheres. It has deeply imaged recent GRB error boxes at both radio and optical wavelengths within 0.03 days of the detection of a GRB. No GRB counterparts have been identified.

Authors:
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  1. University of New Hampshire (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21163546
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 384; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 3. Huntsville symposium on gamma-ray bursts, Huntsville, AL (United States), 25-27 Oct 1995; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.51637; (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; GAMMA DETECTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELESCOPE COUNTERS

Citation Formats

McNamara, B J, Harrison, T E, Ryan, J, Kippen, R M, Fishman, G J, Kouveliotou, C, Meegan, C A, New Mexico State University, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USRA at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, and NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. Ground based {gamma}-ray burst follow-up efforts: The first three years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU {gamma}-ray burst rapid response network. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.1063/1.51637.
McNamara, B J, Harrison, T E, Ryan, J, Kippen, R M, Fishman, G J, Kouveliotou, C, Meegan, C A, New Mexico State University, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USRA at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, & NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. Ground based {gamma}-ray burst follow-up efforts: The first three years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU {gamma}-ray burst rapid response network. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51637
McNamara, B J, Harrison, T E, Ryan, J, Kippen, R M, Fishman, G J, Kouveliotou, C, Meegan, C A, New Mexico State University, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USRA at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, and NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. 1996. "Ground based {gamma}-ray burst follow-up efforts: The first three years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU {gamma}-ray burst rapid response network". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51637.
@article{osti_21163546,
title = {Ground based {gamma}-ray burst follow-up efforts: The first three years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU {gamma}-ray burst rapid response network},
author = {McNamara, B J and Harrison, T E and Ryan, J and Kippen, R M and Fishman, G J and Kouveliotou, C and Meegan, C A and New Mexico State University and NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center and USRA at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center and NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center},
abstractNote = {The BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU Rapid Response Network (BCN network) was formed in 1993 to provide rapid follow-up of well localized {gamma}-ray bursts imaged by the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. To date, about twenty burst fields have been imaged. COMPTEL localizations were available for about half of these GRBs. BATSE/BACODINE error boxes were used for the remaining bursts. The principle contributor to the optical follow-up effort has been the U.S. Air Force GEODSS system. This network consists of three sites located at Socorro, NM, Maui, HI, and Deigo Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Each site possesses two or three 40 inch Schmidt-like telescopes that can reach 17th magnitude in less than 1 second of exposure time. The remaining BCN network consists of {approx_equal}22 professional observatories located around the world spanning both northern and southern hemispheres. It has deeply imaged recent GRB error boxes at both radio and optical wavelengths within 0.03 days of the detection of a GRB. No GRB counterparts have been identified.},
doi = {10.1063/1.51637},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21163546}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 384,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}