LOTIS: GRB follow-up observations at early times

H. S. Park; R. A. Porrata; G. G. Williams; E. Ables; D. L. Band; S. D. Barthelmy; R. M. Bionta; T. L. Cline; G. J. Fishman; N. Gehrels; D. Hartmann; K. Hurley; C. Kouveliotou; C. A. Meegan

doi:10.1051/aas:1999360

LOTIS: GRB follow-up observations at early times

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

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LOTIS is an automated wide field-of-view telescope system capable of responding to GRB events as early as 10 s after a trigger from the GCN which rapidly distributes coordinates from the BeppoSAX, BATSE and RXTE instruments. Measurements of optical activity at these early times will provide important clues to the GRB production mechanism. In over two year's of operation, LOTIS has responded to 40 GCN triggers including GRB 971227 within 10 s and GRB 980703 within 5 hours. We report results from these events and constraints on simultaneous optical signals during these GRBs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	577-578
Number of pages	2
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
Volume	138
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999360
State	Published - Sep 1999

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Gamma-rays: bursts

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