RINGO2: An EMCCD-based polarimeter for GRB followup

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Steele, I A ^a   Bates, S D ^a   Guidorzi, C ^b   Mottram, C J ^a   Mundell, C G ^a   Smith, R J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

astronomical instrumentation; gamma ray bursts; polarimeters; robotic telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; ELECTRON MULTIPLYING CCDS; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; POLARIZATION EVOLUTION; POLAROIDS; ROBOTIC TELESCOPES; TIME DOMAIN; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-SCALES;

INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 78149256586     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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