The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

Peter W.A. Roming; S. D. Hunsberger; Keith O. Mason; John A. Nousek; Patrick S. Broos; Mary J. Carter; Barry K. Hancock; Howard E. Huckle; Tom E. Kennedy; Ronnie Killough; T. Scott Koch; Michael K. McLelland; Michael S. Pryzby; Phil J. Smith; Juan Carlos Soto; Joseph Stock; Patricia T. Boyd; Martin D. Still

doi:10.1117/12.504554

The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

Peter W.A. Roming, S. D. Hunsberger, Keith O. Mason, John A. Nousek, Patrick S. Broos, Mary J. Carter, Barry K. Hancock, Howard E. Huckle, Tom E. Kennedy, Ronnie Killough, T. Scott Koch, Michael K. McLelland, Michael S. Pryzby, Phil J. Smith, Juan Carlos Soto, Joseph Stock, Patricia T. Boyd, Martin D. Still

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The UV/optical telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (∼1 minute) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts 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-Chrétien design with micro-channel plate intensified charged-coupled device detectors that provide sub-arcsecond imaging. Unlike most UV/optical telescopes the UVOT can operate in a photon-counting mode as well as an imaging mode. We discuss some of the science to be pursued by the UVOT and the overall design of the instrument.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	262-276
Number of pages	15
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504554
State	Published - 2004
Event	X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 3 2003 → Aug 5 2003

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Roming, P. W. A., Hunsberger, S. D., Mason, K. O., Nousek, J. A., Broos, P. S., Carter, M. J., Hancock, B. K., Huckle, H. E., Kennedy, T. E., Killough, R., Koch, T. S., McLelland, M. K., Pryzby, M. S., Smith, P. J., Soto, J. C., Stock, J., Boyd, P. T., & Still, M. D. (2004). The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5165, 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504554

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