L. A. Antonelli
Astronomical Observatory of Rome, National Institute for Astrophysics
Papers
10
Total Citations
241
H-Index
6
About
L. A. Antonelli is a prominent astrophysicist whose research has centered on Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the development of cutting-edge robotic telescope technology to study these extraordinary cosmic phenomena. Antonelli is perhaps best known as a key architect of the Rapid Eye Mount (REM) telescope, an innovative robotic facility installed at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, capable of simultaneously observing across visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths from 0.45 to 2.3 microns. This groundbreaking instrument was designed to respond autonomously and near-instantaneously to GRB alerts from satellites such as Swift, HETE II, and INTEGRAL, enabling the critical capture of prompt afterglow emissions that are essential to understanding GRB physics and high-redshift cosmology. Antonelli's contributions span instrumentation design, including the REM-IR camera and the REM Optical Slitless Spectrograph (ROSS), as well as automated data analysis through the AQuA pipeline for rapid NIR afterglow detection. His most-cited paper on the REM telescope concept has accumulated 81 citations, reflecting the field's recognition of its importance. Collectively, his body of work has helped establish robotic, multi-wavelength follow-up observation as a standard paradigm in transient astrophysics, leaving a lasting imprint on how the community studies the universe's most energetic explosions.
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Top Papers
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- 2REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations60 citations · 2004
- 3The REM telescope: a robotic multiwavelength facility28 citations · 2004
- 4The REM optical slitless spectrograph (ROSS)23 citations · 2004
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- 6The Multi‐frequency Robotic facility REM: first results12 citations · 2004
- 7AQuA: an automatic pipeline for fast transients detection6 citations · 2004
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