SGER: A Search for Optical Counterparts of Gamma Ray Burstswith the Automated Patrol Telescope

表格10摘要建议书：AST97-14369 PI：索尔·珀尔穆特研究所：加州大学伯克利分校这笔小额拨款用于探索研究伽马射线暴(伽马射线暴)光学发射的快速响应搜索，使用澳大利亚的0.5m自动巡逻望远镜。搜索是由来自BACODINE网络的警报触发的，当探测到伽马射线天文台时，该网络接收来自康普顿伽马射线天文台航天器上的BATSE实验的信号。该望远镜已经在互联网和计算机的控制下，但还需要进一步的工作来实现完全自动化的搜索，实现屋顶、透镜盖等的自动化。已经对970326.6、970329和970616伽玛暴进行的观测将发表，以及作为超新星宇宙学项目的一部分拍摄的大面积、非常深的图像中背景光瞬变率的研究。

Form 10 Abstract Proposal: AST 97-14369 PI: Saul Perlmutter Institution: University of California, Berkeley This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) is for a rapid response search for gamma ray burst (GRB) optical emission, using the 0.5 m Automated Patrol Telescope in Australia. Searches are triggered by an alert from the BACODINE network, which receives signals from the BATSE experiment on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory spacecraft when a GRB is detected. The telescope is already under Internet and computer control, but further work is necessary to automate the search fully, by automating the roof, lens cover, etc. Observations already made of the GRBs of 970326.6, 970329, and 970616 will be published, as well as a study of background optical transient rates in large-area, very deep images taken as part of a Supernova Cosmology Project.