Target of Opportunity Proposals in Period 76

This list of OPC approved Target of Opportunity Proposals (ToOs) is updated every observing period. The ESO ToO Policy is available from a separate document. Please note that when activating the observations, the ToO requests have to be fully documented, indicating the trigger of the requested observations. Observing time is only granted up to the indicated maximum of allocated time.

76.A-0205

Fynbo, Andersen, Björnsson, O'Brien, Castro Tirado, Castro Cerón, Fruchter, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Klose, Kouveliotou, Ledoux, Møller, Pedersen, Rol, Sollerman, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers:

'Securing redshifts for a complete sample of Swift GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1)16.0 h
B
ISAAC4.0h

 

76.A-0336

Fiore, Angelini, Antonelli, Burrows, Chincarini, D'Elia, Della Valle, Gehrels, Giannini, Hurley, Lazzati, Mason, Meurs, Nousek, Goldoni, Perna, Piranomonte, Stella, Tagliaferri, Zerbi, Burderi, Melandri, Sbordone, Testa,
Campana, Fugazza, Moretti, Vergani, Caraveo, Mereghetti, Cimatti, Costa, Piro, Marconi, Frontera, Pellizza-Gonzales, Stratta, Ward, Cusumano, Giommi, Capalbi, Perri, Malesani, Vietriz:

'A flash in the dark: probing high-z galaxies through VLT/RRM/ToO observations of GRBs afterglows.'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES2.5 h
B
UVES4.5 h
C
ISAAC1.5 h
D
ISAAC4.0 h

 

76.A-0392

Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Covino, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Giommi, Hurley, Mason, Malesani, Mirabel, Nousek, Osborne, Pellizza González, Piro, Stella, Angelini, Burderi, Capalbi, Caraveo, Cimatti, Costa, Cusumano, D'Avanzo, Filliatre, Fugazza, Goldoni, Israel, Melandri, Mereghetti, Mirabel, Molinari, Moretti, Perri, De Pasquale, Romano, Vietri, Zerbi, Perna:

'The physics of the GRB decay and its cosmological implications'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS2 (alt run F / FORS1)2.0 h
B
FORS2 (alt run G / FORS1)24.0 h
C
ISAAC (alt run H / NACO)12.0 h
D
SUSI2 (alt run I / EMMI)12.0 h
E
SOFI6.0 h

 

76.A-0507

Tanvir, Levan, Priddey, Vreeswijk, Fynbo, Hjorth, Wijers, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Greiner, Bode, Mundell, Bailyn, Smette, Ledoux, Møller, Rol, van den Heuvel, Castro Cerón, Bremer, Gorosabel:

'Probing the high-redshift universe with GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC9.0 h
B
FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1)2.0 h

 

76.A-0737

Vreeswijk, Ellison, Jaunsen, Ledoux, Smette, Fynbo, Møller, Kaufer, Andersen, Hjorth, Wijers:

'UVES survey of GRB afterglows: probing their immediate surroundings, the host galaxies and foreground abosorbers up to z~6'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES9.0 h

 

76.D-0015

Pian, Mazzali, Klose, Cappellaro, Patat, Sollerman, Hjorth, Kawabata, Matheson, Filippenko, Nomoto, Masetti, Greiner, Wijers, Kouveliotou, Fruchter, Castro Tirado, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Møller, O'Brien:

'Exploring the diversity and physics of the supernovae associated with GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1)4.0 h
B
FORS1 (alt run D / FORS226.0 h

 

76.D-0132

Bandyopadhyay, Miller, Blundell, Rupen, Miller-Jones:

'First IR images of an x-ray binary jet'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
NACO4.0 h
B
NACO4.0 h
C
NACO4.0 h

 

76.D-0177

Baade, Wang, Clocchiatti, Patat, Höflich, Wheeler:

'Polarimetry of core-collapse supernovae - probing the nature of asymmetric explosions'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS113.2 h

 

76.D-0178

Baade, Wang, Höflich, Patat, Wheeler:

'Spectropolarimetry of type Ia supernovae: probing the binary nature, explosion physics, and cosmological calibration'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS119.8 h

 

76.D-0183

Blanc, Benetti, Turatto, Cappellaro, Mazzali, Filippenko, Hillebrandt, Stehle, Elias de la Rosa:

'High signal-to-noise spectrophotometry of the next target of the HST SNIa program'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI5.0 h
B
ISAAC10.0 h

 

76.D-0275

Wijers, Wiersema, Klose, Greiner, Hjorth, van den Heuvel, Castro Tirado, Pian, Rol, Tanvir, Rhoads, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Starling, Curran, Kouveliotou, O'Brien, Palazzi, Vreeswijk, Boer:

'Early linear and circular polarisation study of bright GRB blast waves'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS118.0 h
B
ISAAC1.5 h
C
FORS11.0 h

 

76.D-0383

Israel, Bagnulo, Campana, Chaty, Covino, Dall'Osso, Lo Curto, Marconi, Mignani, Mereghetti, Perna, Rea, Stella, Testa:

'VLT prompt study of AXPs and SGRs after GRBs and giant flares'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC2.0 h
B
NACO3.0 h
C
NACO4.0 h
D
NACO4.0 h

 

76.D-0424

Vreeswijk, Andersen, Bersier, Castro Tirado, Dhillon, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Greiner, Hjorth, Jakobsson, Kouveliotou, Levan, Marsh, Masetti, K. O'Brien, P. O'Brien, Palazzi, Pian, Tanvir, Wijers:

'High time-resolution multi-colour optical imaging of early GRB afterglows with ULTRACAM'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
Special / ULTRACAM1.0 n

 

76.D-0441

Evans, Krautter, Barlow, Bode, Hauschildt, Shore, Hernanz, Jorde, Gehrz, Woodward, Lyke, Geballe, Greenhouse, Liller, Rudy, Schwarz, Starrfield, Truran, Wagner, Williams, Eyres:

'Observations of Spitzer ToO novae'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI6.0 h
B
SOFI6.0 h

 

76.D-0447

Lundqvist, Mattila, Leibundgut, Sollerman, Baron, Ehrenfreund, Fransson, Nomoto:

'Early evolution of a nearby type Ia supernova: probing the nature of the progenitor system'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
UVES9.0 h

 

76.D-0517

Mason, Ederoclite, Williams, Della Valle, Gilmozzi, Matteucci, Spyromilio:

'The spectroscopic evolution of the Galactic and Magellanic Clouds novae'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FEROS20.0 h

 

76.D-0612

Hjorth, Kouveliotou, Ramírez Ruíz, Fruchter, Fynbo, Jakobsson, Watson, Castro Cerón, Jensen, Vreeswijk, Wijers, Starling, Wiersema, Tanvir, Levan, O'Brien, Rol, Gorosabel, Castro Tirado, Klose, Pian:

'The origin of short-duration GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS11.0 h
B
FORS21.0 h
C
FORS16.0 h
D
FORS26.0 h
E
ISAAC2.0 h

 

76.D-0667

Della Valle, Malesani, Benetti, Chincarini, Covino, Gilmozzi, Hurley, Pastorello, Stella, Tagliaferri, Antonelli, Campana, Filliatre, Fiore, Goldoni, Melandri, Mason, Pellizza González, Stratta, Zerbi:

'Unveiling the spectroscopic properties of teh supernova population associated with long-duration GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS1 (alt run C / FORS2)4.0 h
B
FORS1 (alt run D / FORS2)8.0 h

 

76.D-0695

Klose, Greiner, Kouveliotou, Wijers, Hjorth, Castro Tirado, Fynbo, Gorosabel, Hartmann, Kann, Küpcü Yoldas, Masetti, O'Brien, Palazzi, Pian, Rau, Starling, Stratta, Tanvir, van den Heuvel, Vreeswijk:

'Are dark GRBs just dim?'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
VIMOS5.0 h
B
ISAAC6.0 h
C
FORS23.0 h

 

76.D-0700

Zerbi, Chincarini, Palazzi:

'Prompt VIS-IR afterglow of high redshift GRBs evidenced by the REM telescope and its instrumentation: a RRM proposal'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC2.0 h
B
ISAAC4.0 h
C
UVES2.0 h
D
UVES2.0 h

 

76.D-0747

Campana, Israel, Burrows, Chincarini, Covino, D'Avanzo, Della Valle, Fiore, Gehrels, Lazzati, Hurley, Malesani, Mason, Osborne, Perna, Pellizza-Gonzalez, Stella, Tagliaferri:

'Probing the afterglows of short GRBs'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS1 (alt run E / FORS2)8.0 h
B
FORS1 (alt run F / FORS2)2.0 h
C
ISAAC (alt run G / NACO)4.0 h
D
ISAAC1.0 h

 

76.D-0768

Covino, Antonelli, Burrows, Campana, Chincarini, Della Valle, di Serego, Fiore, Gehrels, Israel, Lazzati, Malesani, Mason, Mereghetti, Osborne, Pellizza Gonzales, Rossi, Stella, Tagliaferri, Vietri, Zerbi:

'Early evolution of a nearby type Ia supernova: probing the nature of the progenitor system'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS11.0 h
B
FORS11.0 h
C
FORS12.0 h
D
FORS13.0 h

 

76.D-0772

Kotak, Meikle:

'Molecules in supernova ejecta and the formation of dust in the early universe'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
ISAAC4.6 h

 

76.D-0804

Gänsicke, Rodríguez Gil, Marsh, Araujo Betancor, Long, Torres, Steeghs, Schreiber:

'Unravelling the role of the SW Sextantis stars in the evolution of cataclysmic variables'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
FORS2 (alt run C / FORS1)6.0 h

 

76.D-0843

Gorosabel, Fynbo, Hjorth, Castro Cerón, Castro Tirado, Watson, Bersier, Fruchter, Greiner, Klose, Kouveliotou, Pak, Pian, Starling, Tanvir, Vreeswijk, Wijers, van den Heuvel:

'Testing the GRB-XRF-SN unification model in the Swift era: how different are x-ray flashes from GRBs?'

Obs. Run
InstrumentMax. Time Allocated
A
EMMI4.5 h
B
EFOSC24.5 h