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The main scientific goal of the Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is to monitor various types of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) originated from merger of binary compact stars, which could also…

A gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical photometric follow-up system at the Xinglong Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) has been constructed. It uses the 0.8-m Tsinghua-NAOC Telescope (TNT) and the 1-m EST telescope,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 W. Zheng , J. Deng , M. Zhai , L. Xin , Y. Qiu , J. Wang , X. Lu , J. Wei , J. Hu

Detections of very-high-energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) photons from Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can provide fundamental information on the involved radiative processes, physical composition of the ejecta and acceleration processes. The High Altitude…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-22 Nissim Fraija , M. Magdalena González

GAW (Gamma Air Watch) is a new imaging Cherenkov telescope designed for observation of very high-energy gamma-ray sources. GAW will be equipped with a 3 meter diameter Fresnel lens as light collector and with an array of 300 multi-anode…

The 44-cm Visible Telescope (VT) aboard the Space-based Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a dual-band (400-650 nm and 650-1000 nm) instrument designed to detect and characterize the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other…

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-ray Observatory is an extensive air shower detector operating in central Mexico, which has recently completed its first two years of full operations. If for a burst like GRB 130427A at a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-07 The HAWC collaboration , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , N. Bautista-Elivar , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , J. Braun , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. Gerhardt , A. González Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , A. Hernandez-Almada , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis Raya , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , G. Vianello , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , J. Wood , T. Yapici , P. W. Younk , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

We describe the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System (IBAS): the automatic software developed at the INTEGRAL Science Data Center to allow the rapid distribution of the coordinates of the Gamma-Ray Bursts detected by INTEGRAL. IBAS is implemented as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Mereghetti , D. I. Cremonesi , J. Borkowski

The Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) , composed of two small satellites, is a new mission to monitor the Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) coincident with Gravitational Wave (GW) events with a FOV of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-22 Da-Li Zhang , Xin-Qiao Li , Shao-Lin Xiong , Wen-xi Peng , Fan-Zhang , Yanguo-Li , Zheng-Hua An , Yan-Bing Xu , Xi-Lei Sun , Yue Zhu

GAW (Gamma Air Watch) is a pathfinder experiment in the TeV range to test the feasibility of a new generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). It combines high flux sensitivity with large field-of-view (FoV=24deg x 24deg)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-14 Luisa Arruda , GAW collaboration

The Gamma-Ray Optical Counterpart Search Experiment (GROCSE) has searched for contemporaneous optical counterparts to gamma ray bursts (GRBs) using an automated rapidly slewing wide field of view optical telescope at Lawrence Livermore…

We present the SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) mission that the Chinese National Space Agency and the French Space Agency have decided to jointly implement. SVOM has been designed to detect all known…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Jacques Paul , Jianyan Wei , Stephane Basa , Shuang-Nan Zhang

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an observatory designed to perform gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range 20 MeV to 300 GeV, with supporting measurements for gamma-ray bursts from 10 keV to 25 MeV. GLAST will be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 D. Paneque , A. Borgland , A. Bovier , E. Bloom , Y. Edmonds , S. Funk , G. Godfrey , R. Rando , L. Wai , P. Wang

The climate crisis we are facing calls for significant improvements in our understanding of natural phenomena, with clouds being identified as a dominant source of uncertainty. To this end, the emerging field of 3D computed cloud tomography…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-01 Changrak Choi , Anthony B. Davis

The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) will significantly augment the science return from the Fermi Observatory in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The primary objective of GBM is to extend the energy range over which bursts are observed…

We present the sensitivity of HAWC to Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). HAWC is a very high-energy gamma-ray observatory currently under construction in Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m. It will observe atmospheric air showers via the water Cherenkov…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-26 HAWC collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , J. A. Aguilar , S. Aguilar , R. Alfaro , E. Almaraz , C. Álvarez , J. de D. Álvarez-Romero , M. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , C. Badillo , A. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , E. Benítez , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , A. Bernal , E. Bonamente , J. Braun , R. Caballero-Lopez , I. Cabrera , A. Carramiñana , L. Carrasco , M. Castillo , L. Chambers , R. Conde , P. Condreay , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , J. C. D'Olivo , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , S. Delay , D. Delepine , T. DeYoung , L. Diaz , L. Diaz-Cruz , B. L. Dingus , M. A. Duvernois , D. Edmunds , R. W. Ellsworth , B. Fick , D. W. Fiorino , A. Flandes , N. I. Fraija , A. Galindo , J. L. García-Luna , G. García-Torales , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , C. Guzmán-Ceron , Z. Hampel-Arias , T. Harris , E. Hays , L. Hernandez-Cervantes , P. H. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , J. J. Jimenez , P. Karn , N. Kelley-Hoskins , D. Kieda , R. Langarica , A. Lara , R. Lauer , W. H. Lee , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , H. Martínez , J. Martínez , L. A. Martínez , O. Martínez , J. Martínez-Castro , M. Martos , J. Matthews , J. E. McEnery , G. Medina-Tanco , J. E. Mendoza-Torres , P. A. Miranda-Romagnoli , T. Montaruli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , M. Napsuciale , J. Nava , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , A. Olmos Tapia , V. Orozco , V. Pérez , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. S. Perkins , J. Pretz , C. Ramirez , I. Ramírez , D. Rebello , A. Rentería , J. Reyes , D. Rosa-González , A. Rosado , J. M. Ryan , J. R. Sacahui , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , A. Shoup , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , W. Springer , F. Suárez , N. Suarez , I. Taboada , A. F. Tellez , G. Tenorio-Tagle , A. Tepe , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , J. Valdes-Galicia , P. Vanegas , V. Vasileiou , O. Vázquez , X. Vázquez , L. Villaseñor , W. Wall , J. S. Walters , D. Warner , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. The GOTO Telescope Control System (G-TeCS) is a custom robotic control…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-15 Martin J. Dyer , Vik S. Dhillon , Stuart Littlefair , Danny Steeghs , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Paul Chote , Joseph Lyman , Duncan K. Galloway , Kendall Ackley , Yik Lun Mong

The Sino-French SVOM mission (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) has been designed to detect all known types of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and to provide fast and reliable GRB positions. In this study we present the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bertrand Cordier , Francois Desclaux , Jacques Foliard , Stephane Schanne

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is a space-based observatory scheduled to launch in October 2007 with two instruments: (1) the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM), sensitive to photon energies between 8 keV and 25 MeV and optimized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jennifer E. Carson

The observation of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) with very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays can provide understanding of the particle acceleration mechanisms in GRBs, and can also be used to probe the extra-galactic background light and place…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Ignacio Taboada , Rudy C. Gilmore