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Status and perspectives of Mini-MegaTORTORA wide-field monitoring system with high temporal resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

S. Karpov ,
G. Beskin ,
S. Bondar ,
A. Perkov ,
E. Ivanov ,
A. Guarnieri ,
C. Bartolini ,
G. Greco ,
A. Shearer  and
V. Sasyuk
S. Karpov
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
G. Beskin
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
S. Bondar
Affiliation:
Institute for Precise Instrumentation, Russia
A. Perkov
Affiliation:
Institute for Precise Instrumentation, Russia
E. Ivanov
Affiliation:
Institute for Precise Instrumentation, Russia
A. Guarnieri
Affiliation:
Bologna University, Italy
C. Bartolini
Affiliation:
Bologna University, Italy
G. Greco
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, INAF, Italy
A. Shearer
Affiliation:
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
V. Sasyuk
Affiliation:
Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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Abstract

Here we briefly summarize our long period experience of constructing and operating wide-field monitoring cameras with sub-second temporal resolution to look for optical components of GRBs, fast-moving satellites and meteors. General requirements for hardware for such systems are discussed along with algorithms of real-time detection and classification of various kinds of short optical transients. We also give a status report on the next generation, multi-objective and transforming monitoring system, the MegaTORTORA, whose 6-channel (Mini-MegaTORTORA-Spain) and 9-channel prototypes (Mini-MegaTORTORA-Kazan) we are building now at SAO RAS. This system combines a wide field of view with subsecond temporal resolution in monitoring regime, and is able to reconfigure itself, in a fractions of second, to follow-up mode which has better sensitivity and provides us with multi-color and polarimetric information on detected transients simultaneously.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 465 - 469
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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