GRB Coordinates Network (GCN): A status report

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Sep 2000

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 5th Huntsville Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 731-735 (2000).

Computer Science

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Jets And Bursts, Galactic Winds And Fountains, Statistical And Correlative Studies Of Properties, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts

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The GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) was designed 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 goal has been 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; the types of GRB location information available plus the distribution methods are described. Complementing the real-time location Notices, the GCN Circulars allow follow-up observers to rapidly share the results of their observations with the community. A status report on recent improvements to the GCN system and a list of future improvements is given. One of the key improvements will be the conversion of the semi-manual RBR LOCBURST locations into the fully automated LOCFAST Notices. .

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