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An Antarctic, Full-sky, High-speed, Imaging Array for Optical Transients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2008

H. Zinnecker ,
N. Epchtein ,
H. Rauer  and
D.G. York
D.G. York*
Affiliation:
5640 So. Ellis Avenue, AAC002, Chicago, IL, USA
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Abstract

Many problems in time domain astronomy are bestapproached with continuous,high frequency (<1 minute) observations over a large area of the sky, because event rates are generally less than 0.01 detections per sq. degree in a year. For GRBs and theearliest stages of SNe, follow-up spectroscopy, multiband photometry andpolarization measurements need to be triggered in seconds or minutes.Plateau sites in Antarctica are optimal for a new survey, Xian(eXtreme Imaging Antarctic Network), for which the scientific motivation is presented.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 33: 2nd ARENA Conference: The Astrophysical Science Cases at Dome C , 2008 , pp. 225 - 232
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2008

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