Publications

Instrument Papers

The principal instrument paper is Butler et al. (2012). The principal telescope paper is Watson et al. (2012).

• “Software solution for autonomous observations with H2RG detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR camera”
  • Christopher R. Klein, Petr Kubánek, Nathaniel R. Butler, Ori D. Fox, Alexander S. Kutyrev, David A. Rapchun, Joshua S. Bloom, Alejandro Farah, Neil Gehrels, Gennadiy N. Lotkin, Samuel H. Moseley, J. Xavier Prochaska, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Michael G. Richer, Frederick D. Robinson, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Mathew V. Samuel, Leroy M. Sparr, Corey Tucker, and Alan M. Watson
  • 2012, Proc. SPIE, 8453, 102.
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• “First Light with RATIR: An Automated 6-band Optical/NIR Imaging Camera”
  • Nat Butler, Chris Klein, Ori Foxi, Gennadiy Lotkin, Josh Bloom, J. Xavier Prochaska, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, José A. de Diego, Leonid Georgiev, Jesús González, William H. Lee, Michael G. Richer, Carlos Román, Alan M. Watson, Niel Gehrels, Alexander Kutyrev, Rebecca Bernstein, Luis Carlos Alvarez, Urania Ceseña, David Clark, Enrique Colorado, Antolín Córdova, Alejandro Farah, Benjamín García, Gerardo Guisa, Joel Herrera, Francisco Lazo, Eduardo López, Esteban Luna, Benjamín Martínez, Francisco Murillo, José Manuel Murillo, Juan Manuel Núñez, M. Herlinda Pedrayes, Fernando Quirós, José Luis Ochoa, Gerardo Sierra, Harvey Moseley, David Rapchun, Frederick D. Robinson, Mathew V. Samuel, and Leroy M. Sparr
  • 2012, Proc. SPIE, 8446, 10.
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• “Automation of the OAN/SPM 1.5-meter Johnson telescope for operations with RATIR”
  • Alan M. Watson, Michael G. Richer, Joshua S. Bloom, Nathaniel R. Butler, Urania Ceseña, David Clark, Enrique Colorado, Antolín Córdova, Alejandro Farah, Lester Fox-Machado, Ori D. Fox, Benjamín García, Leonid N. Georgiev, J. Jesús González, Gerardo Guisa, Leonel Gutiérrez, Joel Herrera, Christopher R. Klein, Alexander S. Kutyrev, Francisco Lazo, William H. Lee, Eduardo López, Esteban Luna, Benjamín Martínez, Francisco Murillo, José Manuel Murillo, Juan Manuel Núñez, J. Xavier Prochaska, José Luis Ochoa, Fernando Quirós, David A. Rapchun, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, and Gennady Valyavin
  • 2012, Proc. SPIE, 8444, 214.
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• “Performance and Calibration of H2RG Detectors and SIDECAR ASICs for the RATIR Camera”
  • Ori D. Fox, Alexander S. Kutyrev, David A. Rapchun, Christopher R. Klein, Nathaniel R. Butler, Josh Bloom, José A. de Diego, Alejandro Farah, Neil A. Gehrels, Leonid Georgiev, J. Jesús González, William H. Lee, Markus Loose, Cennadiy Lotkin, Samuel H. Robinson, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, Mathew V. Samuel, Leroy M. Sparr, and Alan M. Watson
  • 2012, Proc. SPIE, 8435, 59.
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• “Mechanical design and integration of the support structure for the Reionization And Transients InfRared instrument RATIR”
  • Alejandro Farah, J. Jesús González, Alexander S. Kutyrev, Gennadiy Lotkin, Alan M. Watson, Nathaniel R. Butler, William H. Lee, Michael Richer, Eduardo López, David Clark, Gerald Cabak, Ori D. Fox, David A. Rapchun, Carlos Román-Zúñiga, and Leonid Georgiev
  • 2012, Proc. SPIE 8446, 372.
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GCN Circulars

• “GRB 130518A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Troja et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14679.
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• “GRB 130427A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations - Photometric Evidence for a New Component”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14666.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130514B: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14665.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130514A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14643.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130513A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14642.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130508A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14616.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14606.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130505A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14595.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130502A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14539.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14514.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14506.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427B: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14496.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14483.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130427A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14459.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130420A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14441.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130420A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14439.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130418A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14438.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130420B: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14432.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130420A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14431.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130420A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Watson et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14409.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130418A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14404.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130418A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14388.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130327A: RATIR Optical/NIR Afterglow Confirmation”
  • Cucchiara et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14352.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130310A: RATIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14350.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130327A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14334.
  • ADS
• “GRB 130313A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14308.
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• “GRB 130305A: RATIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14267.
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• “GRB 130215A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Monitoring”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14237.
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• “GRB 130215A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14212.
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• “GRB 130131B: RATIR Upper Limits”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14179.
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• “GRB 130131A: RATIR Optical and Infrared Upper Limits”
  • Fox et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14178.
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• “GRB 130122A: RATIR Detection”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2013, ​GCN Circular 14147.
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• “GRB 121211A: Continued RATIR Optical and NIR Observations, Fading”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2012, ​GCN Circular 14080.
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• “GRB 121211A: RATIR Optical and NIR Observations”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2012, ​GCN Circular 14077.
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• “GRB 121209A: RATIR Optical and NIR Upper Limits”
  • Butler et al.
  • 2012, ​GCN Circular 14050.
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