Review Article
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of Rapid Followup
Table 1
Current instrumentation on the Liverpool and Faulkes telescopes and associated GRB science goals; upcoming instrumentation is shown in italics.
| Instrumentation | Science goals |
| Optical Camera (FoV ) () (LT/FTN/FTS) | (i) Early multicolour light curves | (ii) Shock physics/ISM studies | (iii) Later-time light curves/jet breaks | (iv) GRB-supernova connection |
| RINGO2 polarimeter (FoV ) (LT only) | (i) Early-time polarisation studies 1% polarisation at mag in 1 minute | (ii) Fundamental tests of magnetization |
| SupIRCam Infrared Camera (FoV ) (LT only) | (i) High- “naked” bursts | (ii) Low- “obscured” bursts |
| FRODOSpec IFU (FoV ) (LT only) | (i) Early evolution of circumburst medium |
| STILT (FoV //) (LT only) | (i) Bright bursts/neutrino counterparts |
| IO—wide-field optical/IR imager (LT-2010) | (i) Deep, simultaneous optical/IR light curves over FoV |
|
|