Optical Observations of GRBs: Early and Often

伽玛暴的光学观测：早期且经常

• 批准号: 0407061
• 负责人: Timothy McKay
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0407061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Optical; Observations; GRBs; Early; Often

AST-0407061McKayThis research is the scientific analysis and dissemination of gamma-ray burst (GRB) follow-up observations obtained by the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE), which is a network of four fully automatic rapid response telescopes, placed on four different continents to provide global coverage. NASA's SWIFT satellite will provide accurate, prompt localizations for hundreds of GRBs over its nominal two-year mission, and ROTSE will be able to respond in less than 10 seconds to nearly half of these events, providing early optical observations for a hundred or more GRBs, versus the current handful. The early time period is crucial for understanding the origin of GRBs, and ROTSE should reveal important clues to progenitor environments, gamma-ray emission mechanisms, and event geometry.The project involves undergraduate researchers extensively, and has a very high level of public interest. ROTSE is also a highly visible, extremely international project, involving the US, Australia, Germany, Namibia, and Turkey.

AST-0407061 McKay这项研究是对机器人光学瞬态搜索实验（ROTSE）获得的伽马射线暴（GRB）后续观测的科学分析和传播，ROTSE是一个由四个全自动快速反应望远镜组成的网络，放置在四个不同的大陆上，提供全球覆盖。 美国宇航局的SWIFT卫星将在其为期两年的使命中为数百个GRB提供准确，及时的定位，ROTSE将能够在不到10秒的时间内对近一半的事件做出反应，为100个或更多的GRB提供早期光学观测，而目前只有少数几个。 早期阶段对于理解伽玛暴的起源至关重要，ROTSE将为伽玛暴的起源环境、伽玛射线发射机制和事件几何学提供重要线索。该项目广泛涉及大学生研究人员，具有很高的公众兴趣。 ROTSE也是一个非常引人注目的国际项目，涉及美国，澳大利亚，德国，纳米比亚和土耳其。