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Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory: Fast Response Space Missions for Early Time Phase of Gamma Ray Bursts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

I.H. Park ,
S. Ahmad ,
P. Barrillon ,
S. Brandt ,
C. Budtz-Jørgensen ,
A.J. Castro-Tirado ,
P. Chen ,
J.N. Choi ,
Y.J. Choi  and
P. Connell
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I.H. Park
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
S. Ahmad
Affiliation:
LAL, University of Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
P. Barrillon
Affiliation:
LAL, University of Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
S. Brandt
Affiliation:
National Space Institute Astrophysics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
C. Budtz-Jørgensen
Affiliation:
National Space Institute Astrophysics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
A.J. Castro-Tirado
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC), PO Box 03004, 18080 Granada, Spain
P. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
J.N. Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seoul 120-749
Y.J. Choi
Affiliation:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
P. Connell
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia, GACE, Edif. de Centros de Investigacion, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
S. Dagoret-Campagne
Affiliation:
LAL, University of Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
C. Eyles
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia, GACE, Edif. de Centros de Investigacion, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
B. Grossan
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, USA
M.-H.A. Huang Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Energy Engineering, National United University, 1, Lienda, Miaoli, Taiwan, 36003
A. Jung
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
S. Jeong
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
J.E. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
M.B. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
S.-W. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seoul 120-749
Y.W. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
A.S. Krasnov
Affiliation:
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119234, Russia
J. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
H. Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
E.V. Linder
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea Institute for the Early Universe, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
T.-C. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
K.W. Min
Affiliation:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
G.W. Na
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
J.W. Nam
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
M.I. Panasyuk
Affiliation:
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119234, Russia
H.W. Park
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
J. Ripa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seobu-ro 2066, Suwonsi, 440-746, Korea
V. Reglero
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia, GACE, Edif. de Centros de Investigacion, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
J.M. Rodrigo
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valencia, GACE, Edif. de Centros de Investigacion, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
G.F. Smoot
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea Institute for the Early Universe, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seoul 120-750, Korea
S. Svertilov
Affiliation:
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119234, Russia
N. Vedenkin
Affiliation:
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119234, Russia
M.-Z. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
I. Yashin
Affiliation:
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119234, Russia
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Abstract

One of the unexplored domains in the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is the early time phase of the optical light curve. We have proposed Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) to address this question through extraordinary opportunities presented by a series of small space missions. The UFFO is equipped with a fast-response Slewing Mirror Telescope that uses a rapidly moving mirror or mirror array to redirect the optical beam rather than slewing the entire spacecraft or telescope to aim the optical instrument at the GRB position. The UFFO will probe the early optical rise of GRBs with sub-second response, for the first time, opening a completely new frontier in GRB and transient studies. Its fast response measurements of the optical emission of dozens of GRB each year will provide unique probes of the burst mechanism and test the prospect of GRB as a new standard candle, potentially opening up the z > 10 universe. We describe the current limit in early photon measurements, the aspects of early photon physics, our soon-to-be-launched UFFO-pathfinder mission, and our next planned mission, the UFFO-100.

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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. 501 - 515
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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