GRB Coordinates Network (GCN): A status report

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Oct 2001

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GAMMA 2001: Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 587, pp. 213-217 (2001).

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Mathematical Procedures And Computer Techniques

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The GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) continues to deliver locations of GRBs to instruments and observers in real-time (a few seconds)-while the burst is still bursting-so that they can make multi-band simultaneous follow-up observations. This was routine during the GRO-BATSE years and has resumed with HETE. This goal was realized with the optical detection of the burst counterpart for GRB990123 by the ROTSE instrument [1]. A brief review of the function and capabilities of the GCN system is given. Complementing the real-time location Notices, the GCN Circulars allow the follow-up observers to share the results of their observations rapidly with the community. A status report on recent improvements to the GCN system and a list of future improvements is given. .

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