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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
DESAlert: Enabling Real-Time Transient Follow-Up with Dark Energy Survey Data
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 33, Article e049, Year 2016
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The Dark Energy Survey is undertaking an observational programme imaging 1/4 of the southern hemisphere sky with unprecedented photometric accuracy. In the process of observing millions of faint stars and galaxies to constrain the parameters of the dark energy equation of state, the Dark Energy Survey will obtain pre-discovery images of the regions surrounding an estimated 100 gamma-ray bursts over 5 yr. Once gamma-ray bursts are detected by, e.g., the Swift satellite, the DES data will be extremely useful for follow-up observations by the transient astronomy community. We describe a recently-commissioned suite of software that listens continuously for automated notices of gamma-ray burst activity, collates information from archival DES data, and disseminates relevant data products back to the community in near-real-Time. Of particular importance are the opportunities that non-public DES data provide for relative photometry of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts, as well as for identifying key characteristics (e.g., photometric redshifts) of potential gamma-ray burst host galaxies. We provide the functional details of the DESAlert software, and its data products, and we show sample results from the application of DESAlert to numerous previously detected gamma-ray bursts, including the possible identification of several heretofore unknown gamma-ray burst hosts. © Astronomical Society of Australia 2016.
Authors & Co-Authors
Poci, Adriano
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Kuehn, Kyler W.
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Abbott, Timothy M.C.
Chile, La Serena
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory
Abdalla, Fillipe Batoni
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Allam, Sahar S.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Bauer, Anne H.
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Bertin, Emmanuel
France, Paris
Sorbonne Université
Brooks, David D.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Brown, Peter J.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth J.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Burke, David L.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
United States, Menlo Park
Slac National Accelerator Laboratory
Carnero Rosell, A. R.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-astronomia
Brazil, Sao Cristovao
Observatório Nacional
Carrasco-Kind, Matias
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Covarrubias, Riccardo A.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
da Costa, Luiz Nicolaci
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-astronomia
Brazil, Sao Cristovao
Observatório Nacional
D'Andrea, Chris B.
United Kingdom, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
DePoy, Darren L.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Desai, Shantanu
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Dietrich, Jörg P.
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Exzellenzcluster Origins
Eifler, Tim F.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Estrada, Juan Cruz
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Evrard, August E.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Fausti-Neto, Angelo
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-astronomia
Finley, David A.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Flaugher, Brenna L.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fosalba, Pablo
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Frieman, Joshua A.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Gerdes, David W.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Gruen, Daniel
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Gruendl, Robert A.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Honscheiď, Klaus
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
James, David J.
Chile, La Serena
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory
Lahav, Ofer
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Li, Ting S.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
March, Marisa Cristina
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Marshall, Jennifer L.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Merritt, K. W.B.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Miller, Christopher J.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Nichol, Robert C.
United Kingdom, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Nord, Brian D.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Ogando, R. L.C.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-astronomia
Brazil, Sao Cristovao
Observatório Nacional
Plazas, Andreas Alejandro
United States, Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
United States, Upton
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Römer, Anita Kathy
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Roodman, Aaron J.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
United States, Menlo Park
Slac National Accelerator Laboratory
Rykoff, Eli S.
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
United States, Menlo Park
Slac National Accelerator Laboratory
Sako, Masao
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Sánchez, Eusebio J.
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Scarpine, Victor E.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Schubnell, Michael S.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Sevilla, Ignacio
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Smith, Chris
Chile, La Serena
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory
Soares-Santos, Marcelle
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Sobreira, Flávia
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório Interinstitucional de E-astronomia
Suchyta, Eric
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Swanson, Mollye E.C.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Tarlè, Gregory G.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Thaler, Jon J.
United States, Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-champaign
Thomas, Rollin C.
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tucker, Douglas L.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Walker, Alistair R.
Chile, La Serena
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory
Wester, William C.
United States, Batavia
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Statistics
Authors: 62
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/pasa.2016.42
ISSN:
13233580
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