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(1) it is feasible to use ground based optical devices to monitor OAs of
GRBs
(2) these surveys must be of wide field and high sensitivity
(3) these surveys will suffer by high rate of background triggers
(4) the recent SNe searches may be used to detect OAs
(5) the rates of most background triggers are poorly investigated so far
(6) the detected OTs must be further studied to eliminate them from
background triggers.
Numerous space and ground-based experiments can be used
for these purposes such as the OMC (Optical Monitoring Camera)
onboard INTEGRAL (
deg2, lim mag 19),
CCD-based devices and telescopes (ASPA, OTM, BOOTES),
digitized plate surveys and
digitized archival plates.
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