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- Title
AN ANTARCTIC, FULL-SKY, HIGH-SPEED, IMAGING ARRAY FOR OPTICAL TRANSIENTS.
- Authors
York, D. G.
- Abstract
Many problems in time domain astronomy are best approached with continuous, high frequency (<1 minute) observations over a large area of the sky, because event rates are generally less than 0.01 detections per sq. degree in a year. For GRBs and the earliest stages of SNe, follow-up spectroscopy, multiband photometry and polarization measurements need to be triggered in seconds or minutes. Plateau sites in Antarctica are optimal for a new survey, Xian (eXtreme Imaging Antarctic Network), for which the scientific motivation is presented.
- Subjects
ANTARCTICA; SKY; ASTRONOMICAL observations; ELECTROMAGNETIC measurements; RADIATION measurements; SPACE sciences; SPECTRUM analysis; ATMOSPHERE; ASTRONOMY
- Publication
EAS Publications Series, 2008, Vol 33, p225
- ISSN
1633-4760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/eas:0833029