Search for optical flashes accompanying gamma ray bursts Pi of the Sky collaboration

Mikolaj Cwiok; Wojciech Dominik; Michal Husejko; Arkadiusz Kalicki; Grzegorz Kasprowicz; Krzysztof Kierzkowski; Michal Jegier; Lech Mankiewicz; Krzysztof Nawrocki; Bogumil Pilecki; Lech Wiktor Piotrowski; Krzysztof T. Pozniak; Ryszard S. Romaniuk; Rafal Salanski; Marcin Sokolowski; Dorota Szczygiel; Grzegorz Wrochna; Wojciech M. Zabolotny

doi:10.1117/12.568904

22 July 2004 Search for optical flashes accompanying gamma ray bursts Pi of the Sky collaboration

Mikolaj Cwiok, Wojciech Dominik, Michal Husejko, Arkadiusz Kalicki, Grzegorz Kasprowicz, Krzysztof Kierzkowski, Michal Jegier, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Bogumil Pilecki, Lech Wiktor Piotrowski, Krzysztof T. Pozniak, Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Rafal Salanski, Marcin Sokolowski, Dorota Szczygiel, Grzegorz Wrochna, Wojciech M. Zabolotny

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Proceedings Volume 5484, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568904
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments II, 2003, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

Perhaps the most powerful cosmic processes ever observed are gamma ray bursts (GRB). So far, phenomena responsible for GRB have not been unambiguously identified. In the present paper we propose an approach completely different from the classical one. It employs experimental techniques developed for particle physics. Presented project is pioneering research in the unexplored so far domain of cosmic phenomena on the time scale of seconds. Both the rate of signal in question and the rate of unexpected background are not known. Therefore we decided to divide the project into two phases: phase I -- two CCD cameras, phase II - a system of cameras covering all sky. The phase I is well defined whereas detailed realization of phase II will depend strongly on results and experience gained in phase I.

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Mikolaj Cwiok, Wojciech Dominik, Michal Husejko, Arkadiusz Kalicki, Grzegorz Kasprowicz, Krzysztof Kierzkowski, Michal Jegier, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Bogumil Pilecki, Lech Wiktor Piotrowski, Krzysztof T. Pozniak, Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Rafal Salanski, Marcin Sokolowski, Dorota Szczygiel, Grzegorz Wrochna, and Wojciech M. Zabolotny "Search for optical flashes accompanying gamma ray bursts Pi of the Sky collaboration", Proc. SPIE 5484, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments II, (22 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568904

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