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

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1288144" target="_blank" >http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1288144</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.671579" target="_blank" >10.1117/12.671579</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
BOOTES-IR: a robotic nIR astronomical observatory devoted to follow-up of transient phenomena
Original language description
"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 doesalready 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). Given that the afterglow emission in both, the nIR and the optical, in the instances immediately following a GRB, is extremely bright (reached V = 8.9 in one case), it should be possible to detect this prompt emission at nIR wavelengths too. Combined observations by BOOTES-IR and BOOTES-1 and BOOTES-2 since 2006 can allow for real time identification of trustworthy candidates to have a ultra-high redshift (z > 6). It is expected that, few minutes after a GRB, the nIR magnitudes be H ~ 10-15, hence very high quality spectra can be obtained
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2006
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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