Super-LOTIS a high-sensitive optical counterpart search experiment

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55439· OSTI ID:641451

Park, H S; Ables, E; Bionta, R M; Ott, L; Parker, E ^[1]; Hartmann, D; Williams, G G ^[2]; Barthelmy, S D; Butterworth, P S; Cline, T L; Gehrels, N ^[3]; Fishman, G J; Kouveliotou, C; Meegan, C A ^[4]; Band, D L ^[5]; Ferguson, D H ^[6]; Hurley, K ^[7]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
2. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1911 (United States)
3. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
4. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35812 (United States)
5. CASS 0424, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
6. Dept. of Physics, California State University at Hayward, Hayward, California 94542 (United States)
7. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7450 (United States)

We are constructing a 0.6 meter telescope system to search for early time gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical counterparts. Super-LOTIS (Super-Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System) is an automated telescope system that has a 0.8{degree}{times}0.8{degree} field-of-view, is sensitive to Mv{approximately}19 and responds to a burst trigger within 5 min. This telescope will record images of the gamma-ray burst coordinates that are given by the GCN (GRB Coordinate Network). A measurement of GRB light curves at early times will greatly enhance our understanding of GRB physics. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 641451
• Report Number(s): CONF-9709153--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 428; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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