The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

被引：1775

作者：

Roming, PWA ^{[1
]}

Kennedy, TE

Mason, KO

Nousek, JA

Ahr, L

Bingham, RE

Broos, PS

Carter, MJ

Hancock, BK

Huckle, HE

Hunsberger, SD

Kawakami, H

Killough, R

Koch, TS

Mclelland, MK

Smith, K

Smith, PJ

Soto, JC

Boyd, PT

Breeveld, AA

Holland, ST

Ivanushkina, M

Pryzby, MS

Still, MD

Stock, J

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Davey Lab 525, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] UCL, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England

[3] SW Res Inst, San Antonio, TX 78228 USA

[4] UCL, Opt Sci Lab, London WC1E 6BT, England

[5] Starsys Res Corp, Boulder, CO 80301 USA

[6] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[7] Swales Aerosp, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

来源：

SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS | 2005年 / 120卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

Swift; Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope; gamma-ray burst; afterglow; spectroscopy; imaging;

D O I：

10.1007/s11214-005-5095-4

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (similar to 1 min) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the 170-600 nm hand as well as long term observations of these afterglows. This is accomplished through the use of UV and optical broadband filters and grisms. The UVOT has a modified Ritchey-Chretien design with micro-channel plate intensified charged-coupled device detectors that record the arrival time of individual photons and provide sub-arcsecond positioning of sources. We discuss some of the science to be pursued by the UVOT and the overall design of the instrument.

引用

页码：95 / 142

页数：48

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