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EAS Publications Series
Volume 61, 2013
Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe
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Page(s) | 579 - 581 | |
Section | Chapter XI: Instrumentation & Techniques-II (Lomonosov/UFFO) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361093 | |
Published online | 22 July 2013 |
A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.Gorosabel and I.H. Park (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 61 (2013) 579-581
In-Flight Calibrations of UFFO-Pathfinder
1 Sungkyunkwan
University, Suwon,
South Korea ;
e-mail: ripa.jakub@gmail.com
2 Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur
Linéaire, University of Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
3 Technical University of
Denmark, Copenhagen,
Denmark
4 Instituto de Astrofsica de
Andalucía, CSIC,
Granada,
Spain
5 National Space
Organization, Taiwan
6 LeCosPA, National Taiwan
University, Taipei,
Taiwan
7 Korea Institute of Industrial
Technology, Cheonan,
South Korea
8 Department of Physics, Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
9 University of Valencia,
Valencia,
Spain
10 Institute for the Early Universe,
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
11 National United
University, Miao-Li,
Taiwan
12 Department of Physics, Ewha Womans
University, Seoul,
South Korea
13 Department of Astronomy, Yonsei
University, Seoul,
South Korea
14 SINP, Moscow State
University, Moscow,
Russia
The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO), which will be launched onboard the Lomonosov spacecraft, contains two crucial instruments: UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope (UBAT) for detection and localization of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the fast-response Slewing Mirror Telescope (SMT) designed for the observation of the prompt optical/UV counterparts. Here we discuss the in-space calibrations of the UBAT detector and SMT telescope. After the launch, the observations of the standard X-ray sources such as pulsar in Crab nebula will provide data for necessary calibrations of UBAT. Several standard stars will be used for the photometric calibration of SMT. The celestial X-ray sources, e.g. X-ray binaries with bright optical sources in their close angular vicinity will serve for the cross-calibration of UBAT and SMT.
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