THE PROPOSAL PRESENTS A CONTINUATION OF A FAST OPTICAL FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM FOR SWIFT GRBS TO BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH PHOTOMETRY (076M-LICK KAIT LICK NICKEL-1M LICK-3M AND KECK-10 M) AND SPECTROCSCOPY (LICK-3M AND KECK-10 M). THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE CAPTURING THE EARLY OPTICAL AFTERGLOW OF GRBS TO INFORM THEORETICAL MODELS OF PROMPT/EARLY AFTERGLOW EMISSION AND OBTAINING HIGH-QUALITY SPECTRA TO FIND EVIDENCE OF A SUPERNOVA ASSOCIATED TO A GRB. SPECTROPOLARIMETRY OF GRB OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS AND/OR OF THE ASSOCIATED SUPERNOVAE POSSIBLE ONLY FOR BRIGHTER EVENTS IS AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL.
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