BOOTES-IR a robotic nIR astronomical observatory devoted to follow-up transient phenomena

0050042 - ASÚ 2010 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Castro-Tirado, A.J. - Cunniffe, R. - de Ugarte Postigo, A. - Jelínek, M. - Vítek, S. - Kubánek, Petr - Gorosabel, J. - Castillo Carrión, S. - Mateo Sanguino, T.J. - Riva, A. - Conconi, P. - di Caprio, V. - Zerbi, F. - Amado, P. - Cárdenas, C. - Claret, A. - Guziy, S. - Martín-Ruiz, S. - Sánchez, M.A. - Gardía Teodor, P. - Castro Cerón, J.M. - Díaz Verdejo, J. - Hudec, René - López Soler, J.M. - Berná Galiano, J.Á. - Casares, J. - Fabregat, J. - Páta, P. - Sánchez-Fernández, C. - Sabau-Graziati, M.D. - Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M. - Vitali, F.
BOOTES-IR a robotic nIR astronomical observatory devoted to follow-up transient phenomena.
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes. Bellingham: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2006 - (Stepp, L.), s. 626701-626710. Proceedings of SPIE, 6267. ISBN 0-8194-6345-0.
[Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2006. Orlando, Florida (US), 24.05.2006-31.05.2006]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA3003206
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : gamma-ray astrophysics * gamma-ray bursts * optical transients
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

BOOTES-IR is the extension of the BOOTES experiment, which has been operating in Southern Spain since 1998, to the near-infrared (nIR). The goal is to follow up the early stage of the gamma ray burst (GRB) afterglow emission in the nIR, as BOOTES does already at optical wavelengths. The scientific case that drives the BOOTES-IR performance is the study of GRBs with the support of spacecraft like HETE-2, INTEGRAL and SWIFT (and GLAST in the future).
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