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Ronan Cunniffe

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A Decade of GRB Follow-Up by BOOTES in Spain (2003–2013)

2016

This article covers ten years of GRB follow-ups by the Spanish BOOTES stations: 71 follow-ups providing 23 detections. Follow-ups by BOOTES-1B from 2005 to 2008 were given in a previous article and are here reviewed and updated, and additional detection data points are included as the former article merely stated their existence. The all-sky cameras CASSANDRA have not yet detected any GRB optical afterglows, but limits are reported where available.

spectroscopyArticle Subjectlcsh:Astronomy100418AFOS: Physical sciencesgamma-ray burst02 engineering and technology01 natural scienceslcsh:QB1-991emission0103 physical sciences0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringpanchromatic observations010303 astronomy & astrophysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Physicsshooterenergy injectionAstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsBOOTEShost-galaxySpace and Planetary Science28 February 1997020201 artificial intelligence & image processingAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaafterglowGamma-ray burstAdvances in Astronomy
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Four Years of Real-Time GRB Followup by BOOTES-1B (2005–2008)

2010

Four years of BOOTES-1B GRB follow-up history are summarised for the first time in the form of a table. The successfully followed events are described case by case. Further, the data are used to show the GRB trigger rate in Spain on a per-year basis, resulting in an estimate of 18 triggers and about 51 hours of telescope time per year for real-time triggers. These numbers grow to about 22 triggers and 77 hours per year if we include also the GRBs observable within 2 hours after the trigger. Copyright © 2010 Martin Jelínek et al.

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)PhysicsArticle SubjectTrigger ratelcsh:AstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsBOOTESTable (information)law.inventionTelescopelcsh:QB1-991Space and Planetary SciencelawAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsGamma-ray burstInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Advances in Astronomy
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OCTOCAM: A fast multichannel imager and spectrograph for the 10.4m GTC

2010

OCTOCAM is a multi-channel imager and spectrograph that has been proposed for the 10.4m GTC telescope. It will use dichroics to split the incoming light to produce simultaneous observations in 8 different bands, ranging from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared. The imaging mode will have a field of view of 2' x 2' in u, g, r, i, z, J, H and Ks bands, whereas the long-slit spectroscopic mode will cover the complete range from 4,000 to 23,000 {\AA} with a resolution of 700 - 1,700 (depending on the arm and slit width). An additional mode, using an image slicer, will deliver a spectral resolution of over 3,000. As a further feature, it will use state of the art detectors to reach high readout…

PhysicsGran Telescopio Canariasbusiness.industryResolution (electron density)Near-infrared spectroscopyAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsFOS: Physical sciencesField of viewlaw.inventionTelescopeOpticslawObservatorySpectral resolutionbusinessAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Spectrograph
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Recent GRBs observed with the 1.23m CAHA telescope and the status of its upgrade

2010

We report on optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) followed up by our collaboration with the 1.23m telescope located at the Calar Alto observatory. The 1.23m telescope is an old facility, currently undergoing upgrades to enable fully autonomous response to GRB alerts. We discuss the current status of the control system upgrade of the 1.23m telescope. The upgrade is being done by our group based on the Remote Telescope System, 2nd Version (RTS2), which controls the available instruments and interacts with the EPICS database of Calar Alto. (Our group is called ARAE (Robotic Astronomy & High-Energy Astrophysics) and is based on members of IAA (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía). …

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Article Subjectlcsh:AstronomyComputer scienceAstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsBOOTESlaw.inventionlcsh:QB1-991TelescopeUpgradeSpace and Planetary ScienceObservatorylawAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGamma-ray burstInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
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