Gamma Ray Bursts in the Era of Rapid Followup

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2010-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/1003.3573v1

Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, Article ID 718468, 14 pages, 2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

20 pages, 12 figures; Review article accepted for publication in Advances in Astronomy, special issue 'Robotic Astronomy (Hind

Scientific paper

10.1155/2010/718468

We present a status report on the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) in the era of rapid follow-up using the world's largest robotic optical telescopes - the 2-m Liverpool and Faulkes telescopes. Within the context of key unsolved issues in GRB physics, we describe (1) our innovative software that allows real-time automatic analysis and interpretation of GRB light curves, (2) the novel instrumentation that allows unique types of observations (in particular, early time polarisation measurements) and (3) the key science questions and discoveries to which robotic observations are ideally suited, concluding with a summary of current understanding of GRB physics provided by combining rapid optical observations with simultaneous observations at other wavelengths.

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