Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001an....322..275z&link_type=abstract
Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 322, no. 5/6, p. 275-285
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
54
Scientific paper
Observations of the prompt afterglow of Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) events are unanimously considered of paramount importance for GRB science and related cosmology. Such observations at NIR wavelengths are even more promising allowing one to monitor high-z Ly-α absorbed bursts as well as events occurring in dusty star-forming regions. In these pages we present REM (Rapid Eye Mount), a fully robotized fast slewing telescope equipped with a high throughput NIR (Z?, J, H, K?) camera dedicated to detecting the prompt IR afterglow. REM can discover objects at extremely high red-shift and trigger large telescopes to observe them. The REM telescope will simultaneously feed ROSS (REM Optical Slitless Spectrograph) via a dichroic. ROSS will intensively monitor the prompt optical continuum of GRB afterglows. The synergy between REM-IR cam and ROSS makes REM a powerful observing tool for any kind of fast transient phenomena.
Akerlof Carl
Antonelli Lucio Angelo
Burderi Luciano
Campana Sergio
Chincarini Guido
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