The dark side of rotse-III prompt GRB observations

Authors

S. A. Yost, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
F. Aharonian, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
C. W. Akerlof, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M. C.B. Ashley, UNSW Sydney
S. Barthelmy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
N. Gehrels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Göǧüş, Sabancı Üniversitesi
T. Güver, Istanbul Üniversitesi
D. Horns, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Ü Kiziloǧlu, Middle East Technical University (METU)
H. A. Krimm, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
T. A. McKay, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M. Özel, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
A. Phillips, UNSW Sydney
R. M. Quimby, The University of Texas at Austin
G. Rowell, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
W. Rujopakarn, The University of Arizona
E. S. Rykoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B. E. Schaefer, Louisiana State University
D. A. Smith, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
H. F. Swan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
W. T. Vestrand, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. C. Wheeler, The University of Texas at Austin
J. Wren, Los Alamos National Laboratory
F. Yuan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-10-2007

Abstract

We present several cases of optical observations during γ-ray bursts (GRBs) which resulted in prompt limits but no detection of optical emission, These limits constrain the prompt optical flux densities and the optical brightness relative to the 7-ray emission. The derived constraints fall within the range of properties observed in GRBs with prompt optical detections, although at the faint end of optical/7-ray flux ratios. The currently accessible prompt optical limits do not require a different set of intrinsic or environmental GRB properties, relative to the events with prompt optical detections. © 2007. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Astrophysical Journal

First Page

1107

Last Page

1114

Recommended Citation

Yost, S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C., Ashley, M., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Göǧüş, E., Güver, T., Horns, D., Kiziloǧlu, Ü., Krimm, H., McKay, T., Özel, M., Phillips, A., Quimby, R., Rowell, G., Rujopakarn, W., Rykoff, E., Schaefer, B., Smith, D., Swan, H., Vestrand, W., Wheeler, J., Wren, J., & Yuan, F. (2007). The dark side of rotse-III prompt GRB observations. Astrophysical Journal, 669 (2), 1107-1114. https://doi.org/10.1086/521668