Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of Rapid Followup

Table 1

Current instrumentation on the Liverpool and Faulkes telescopes and associated GRB science goals; upcoming instrumentation is shown in italics.

Instrumentation	Science goals
Optical Camera (FoV ∼5^′) (BVRi^′𝑧^′) (LT/FTN/FTS)	(i) Early multicolour light curves
	(ii) Shock physics/ISM studies
	(iii) Later-time light curves/jet breaks
	(iv) GRB-supernova connection
RINGO2 polarimeter (FoV ∼4^′) (LT only)	(i) Early-time polarisation studies 1% polarisation at 𝑟^′<17 mag in 1 minute
	(ii) Fundamental tests of magnetization
SupIRCam Infrared Camera (FoV ∼1^′) (LT only)	(i) High-𝑧 “naked” bursts
	(ii) Low-𝑧 “obscured” bursts
FRODOSpec IFU (FoV ∼11^′′) (LT only)	(i) Early evolution of circumburst medium
STILT (FoV 1^∘/20^∘/180^∘) (LT only)	(i) Bright bursts/neutrino counterparts
IO—wide-field optical/IR imager (LT-2010)	(i) Deep, simultaneous optical/IR light curves over 2^∘ FoV