Optical and near-infrared observations of the GRB 970616 error box
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We report on near-infrared and optical observations of the GRB 970616 error box and of the X-ray sources discovered by ASCA and ROSAT in the region. No optical transient was found either within the IPN band or in the X-ray error boxes, similarly to other bursts, and we suggest that either considerable intrinsic absorption was present (like GRB 970828) or that the optical transient displayed a very fast decline (like GRB 980326 and GRB 980519).
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9905288,
title = {Optical and near-infrared observations of the GRB 970616 error box},
author = {J. Gorosabel and A. J. Castro-Tirado and H. Pedersen and J. Greiner and D. Thompson and M. Guerrero and A. Oscoz and N. Sabalisck and E. Villaver and N. Lund},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9905288},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
2 pages with one encapsulated PostScript figure included. Uses Astronomy & Astrophysics LaTeX macros. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series