Optically Selected GRB Afterglows, a Real Time Analysis System at the CFHT
Astrophysics
2010-11-11 v1
Abstract
We attempt to detect optical GRB afterglows on images taken by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope for the Very Wide survey, component of the Legacy Survey. To do so, a Real Time Analysis System called "Optically Selected GRB Afterglows" has been installed on a dedicated computer in Hawaii. This pipeline automatically and quickly analyzes Megacam images and extracts from them a list of variable objects which is displayed on a web page for validation by a member of the collaboration. The Very Wide survey covers 1200 square degrees down to i'=23.5. This paper briefly explain the RTAS process.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601127,
title = {Optically Selected GRB Afterglows, a Real Time Analysis System at the CFHT},
author = {Frederic Malacrino and Jean-Luc Atteia and Michel Boer and Alain Klotz and John J. Kavelaars and Jean-Charles Cuillandre and the GRB RTAS Collaboration Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601127},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Il Nuovo Cimento