The first two years of the BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU GRB Rapid Response Network
Abstract
The BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU Rapid Response Network (RRN) was formed to provide rapid follow-up ofγ-ray bursts imaged by the COMPTEL instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The RRN consists of ≈ 22 professional observatories located around the world spanning both northern and southern hemispheres. Also included in the RRN is the Airforce GEODSS network. The goal of the RRN is to perform optical and radio observations of COMPTEL error boxes as soon after the burst as possible. We present results from the first two years of operation of this network.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00658626
- Bibcode:
- 1995Ap&SS.231..251M
- Keywords:
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- Gamma-ray bursts;
- Optical and radio observations