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Super-LOTIS: A High-Sensitive Optical Counterpart Search Experiment

H. S. Park, E. Ables, D. L. Band, S. D. Barthelmy, R. M. Bionta, P. S. Butterworth, T. L. Cline, D. H. Ferguson, G. J. Fishman, N. Gehrels, D. Hartmann, K. Hurley, C. Kouveliotou, C. A. Meegan, L. Ott, E. Parker, G. G. Williams

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9711170

Abstract

We are constructing a 0.6 meter telescope system to search for early time gamma-ray burst(GRB) optical counterparts. Super-LOTIS (Super-Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System) is an automated telescope system that has a 0.8 x 0.8 deg field-of-view, is sensitive to Mv ~ 19 and responds to a burst trigger within 5 min. This telescope will record images of the gamma-ray burst coordinates that is given by the GCN (GRB Coordinate Network). A measurement of GRB light curves at early times will greatly enhance our understanding of GRB physics.

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