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(2022) The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) : prototype performance and prospects for transient science. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511 (2). pp. 2405-2422. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac013
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac013
Abstract
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is an array of wide-field optical telescopes, designed to exploit new discoveries from the next generation of gravitational wave detectors (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA), study rapidly evolving transients, and exploit multimessenger opportunities arising from neutrino and very high energy gamma-ray triggers. In addition to a rapid response mode, the array will also perform a sensitive, all-sky transient survey with few day cadence. The facility features a novel, modular design with multiple 40-cm wide-field reflectors on a single mount. In June 2017 the GOTO collaboration deployed the initial project prototype, with 4 telescope units, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM), La Palma, Canary Islands. Here we describe the deployment, commissioning, and performance of the prototype hardware, and discuss the impact of these findings on the final GOTO design. We also offer an initial assessment of the science prospects for the full GOTO facility that employs 32 telescope units across two sites.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gravitational waves, General relativity (Physics), Quantum cosmology, Astronomical observatories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1745-3933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2405-2422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stac013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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