The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System in the multi-messenger astronomy era

The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES) was first designed as an asset of autonomous telescopes that started to be deployed in 1998, taking 24 years to be fully developed around the Earth. Nowadays BOOTES has became a global network of robotic telescopes, being the first o...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-02
Main Authors: Y -D Hu, Fernández-García, E, Caballero-García, M D, Pérez-García, I, Carrasco-García, I M, Castellón, A, C Pérez del Pulgar, Reina Terol, A J, Castro-Tirado, A J, on behalf of a larger collaboration
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Language:English
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Astronomy
Astrophysics
Gravitational waves
Neutrinos
Telescopes
Transients (astronomy)
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Summary:The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES) was first designed as an asset of autonomous telescopes that started to be deployed in 1998, taking 24 years to be fully developed around the Earth. Nowadays BOOTES has became a global network of robotic telescopes, being the first one present in all continents, as of 2022. Here we present the details of the network and review its achievements over the last two decades regarding follow-up observations of high-energy transient events. Moreover, considering the recent operations of neutrino and gravitational wave detectors, some hot-topic expectations related to robotic astronomy are discussed within the framework of multi-wavelength astrophysics.
ISSN:2331-8422