RINGO: A novel ring polarimeter for rapid GRB followup

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Steele, I A ^a   Bates, S D ^a   Carter, D ^a   Clarke, D ^b   Gomboc, A ^a,c   Guidorzi, C ^a   Melandri, A ^a   Monfardini, A ^a,d   Mottram, C J ^a   Mundell, C G ^a   Scott, A B ^a   Smith, R J ^a   Swindlehurst, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astronomical instrumentation; Gamma ray bursts; Polarimeters; Robotic telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATA REDUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIZATION;

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; ROBOTIC TELESCOPES; TIME POLARIZATION;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 33749340413     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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