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2000ApJ...532L..25A - Astrophys. J., 532, L25-L28 (2000/March-3)

Prompt optical observations of gamma-ray bursts.

AKERLOF C., BALSANO R., BARTHELMY S., BLOCH J., BUTTERWORTH P., CASPERSON D., CLINE T., FLETCHER S., FRONTERA F., GISLER G., HEISE J., HILLS J., HURLEY K., KEHOE R., LEE B., MARSHALL S., McKAY T., PAWL A., PIRO L., SZYMANSKI J. and WREN J.

Abstract (from CDS):

The Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) seeks to measure simultaneous and early afterglow optical emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). A search for optical counterparts to six GRBs with localization errors of 1 deg2 or better produced no detections. The earliest limiting sensitivity is mROTSE>13.1 at 10.85 s (5 s exposure) after the gamma-ray rise, and the best limit is mROTSE>16.0 at 62 minutes (897 s exposure). These are the most stringent limits obtained for the GRB optical counterpart brightness in the first hour after the burst. Consideration of the gamma-ray fluence and peak flux for these bursts and for GRB 990123 indicates that there is not a strong positive correlation between optical flux and gamma-ray emission.

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Journal keyword(s): Gamma Rays: Bursts - Gamma Rays: Observations

Simbad objects: 7

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