The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
Abstract
The UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (approximately 1 minute) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the 170-600 nm band as well as long term observations of these afterglows. This is accomplished through the use of UV and optical broadband filters and grisms. The UVOT has a modified Ritchey-Chretien design with micro-channel plate intensified charged-coupled device detectors that record the arrival time of individual photons and provide sub-arcsecond positioning of sources. We discuss some of the science to be pursued by the UVOT and the overall design of the instrument.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507413,
title = {The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope},
author = {P. W. A. Roming and T. E. Kennedy and K. O. Mason and J. A. Nousek and L. Ahr and R. E. Bingham and P. S. Broos and M. J. Carter and B. K. Hancock and H. E. Huckle and S. D. Hunsberger and H. Kawakami and R. Killough and T. S. Koch and M. K. McLelland and K. Smith and P. J. Smith and J. C. Soto and P. T. Boyd and A. A. Breeveld and S. T. Holland and M. Ivanushkina and M. S. Pryzby and M. D. Still and J. Stock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507413},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
55 Pages, 28 Figures, To be published in Space Science Reviews