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Super-LOTIS: A High-Sensitive Optical Counterpart Search Experiment

1997/11/14 by H. S. Park, E. Ables, Park, H. S. +34
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9711170

LaTeX, 4 pages, 2 figures, requires aipproc.sty and epsfig.sty, To appear in the Proceedings of the 4th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium

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Abstract

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 x 0.8 deg field-of-view, is sensitive to Mv ~ 19 and responds to a burst trigger within 5 min. This telescope will record images of the gamma-ray burst coordinates that is given by the GCN (GRB Coordinate Network). A measurement of GRB light curves at early times will greatly enhance our understanding of GRB physics.

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