Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010noao.prop..345c&link_type=abstract
NOAO Proposal ID #2010B-0345
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Swift and Fermi have led a renaissance in the study of GRBs, discovering an unprecedented number of events and promptly alerting the community to accurate localizations. However, it is in the follow-up, particularly at optical/infrared (OIR) wavebands, where the full scientific potential of these missions is realized. We propose to use the OIR instrument suite on both Gemini telescopes in a concerted effort to rapidly observe new GRBs. Our focus is on the extrema and rarities that hold the greatest potential as unique probes of the universe and stellar death: 1) high-redshift events (z > 6), offering spectroscopic probes of the universe during reionization, 2) low-redshift events (z < 1), allowing searches for and detailed studies of accompanying supernovae, 3) Fermi-LAT bursts, which require redshift measurements in order to constrain theories of quantum gravity and place limits on the Lorentz factor of the outflow and, (4) short GRBs, with the goal of constraining their still-mysterious progenitors. Gemini has emerged as the cornerstone facility of our group's GRB research and we will continue to use our proprietary access on smaller facilities to maximize the return of Gemini observations.
Bailyn Charles
Bloom Joshua
Bunker Andrew
Butler Nat
Cenko Brad
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