Rapid response fixed astronomical telescope for gamma ray bust observation

Spitas, Christos (PI)
Grossan, Bruce (Co-PI)
Wei, Dongming (Co-PI)
Insepov, Zinetula (Co-PI)
Zhang, Dichuan (Co-PI)
Abishev, Medeu (Co-PI)
Bibossinov, Assylkhan (Co-PI)

Project: Monitored by Research Administration

Project Details

Grant Program

Collaborative Research Grants Program 2020-2022

Project Description

The project will develop and demonstrate a technology and prototype of a novel fast response telescope featuring a 3-DOF flat mirror mechanism on top of a fixed vertical telescope, allowing for the first time the capability to rapidly target any point in the sky with fast reaction (time to first measurement 10s) with massive fixed instrumentation, enabling the comprehensive observation of transient objects such as Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) over a wide range of wavelengths.

Short title	Rapid response fixed astronomical telescope
Acronym	RA.RE
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/1/20 → 12/31/22

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Keywords

instrumentation design
astrophysics

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