GRB optical and IR rapid follow-up with the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope

Andreja Gomboc; M. F. Bode; D. Carter; C. G. Mundell; A. M. Newsam; R. J. Smith; I. A. Steele

GRB optical and IR rapid follow-up with the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope

Andreja Gomboc, M. F. Bode, D. Carter, C. G. Mundell, A. M. Newsam, R. J. Smith, I. A. Steele

Department of Physics

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Abstract

The Liverpool Telescope, owned and operated by Liverpool John Moores University and situated at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, is the first 2-m, fully instrumented robotic telescope. We plan to use the LT in conjunction with Gamma Ray Observatories (HETE-2, INTEGRAL, Swift) to study GRB physics. A special over-ride mode will enable observations commencing less than a minute after the GRB alert, including optical and near infrared imaging and spectroscopy. These observations, together with systematic monitoring of the burst through the afterglow, will help to unravel the nature of prompt optical flashes, short bursts, optically dark bursts, redshift distribution, GRB - supernova connection and other questions related to the GRB phenomenon. In particular, the combination of aperture, instrumentation and rapid automated response makes the Liverpool Telescope excellently suited to the investigation of optically dark bursts and currently optically unstudied short bursts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium 192: SUPERNOVAE, 2003
Editors	J. M. Marcaide, K. W. Weiler
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - Oct 2003
Event	IAU Colloquium 192: SUPERNOVAE - Valencia, Spain Duration: 22 Apr 2003 → 26 Apr 2003

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Other	IAU Colloquium 192: SUPERNOVAE
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	22/04/03 → 26/04/03

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GRB optical and IR rapid follow-up with the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope

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