The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

Details The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

2005-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507413v1

Space Sci.Rev.120:95-142,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

55 Pages, 28 Figures, To be published in Space Science Reviews

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11214-005-5095-4

The UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (approximately 1 minute) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the 170-600 nm band as well as long term observations of these afterglows. This is accomplished through the use of UV and optical broadband filters and grisms. The UVOT has a modified Ritchey-Chretien design with micro-channel plate intensified charged-coupled device detectors that record the arrival time of individual photons and provide sub-arcsecond positioning of sources. We discuss some of the science to be pursued by the UVOT and the overall design of the instrument.

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