The Dark Side of ROTSE-III Prompt GRB Observations
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We present several cases of optical observations during gamma-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 gamma-ray emission. The derived constraints fall within the range of properties observed in GRBs with prompt optical detections, though at the faint end of optical/gamma flux ratios. The presently accessible prompt optical limits do not require a different set of intrinsic or environmental GRB properties, relative to the events with prompt optical detections.
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@article{arxiv.0707.3132,
title = {The Dark Side of ROTSE-III Prompt GRB Observations},
author = {S. A. Yost and F. Aharonian and C. W. Akerlof and M. C. B. Ashley and S. Barthelmy and N. Gehrels and E. Gogus and T. Guver and D. Horns and U. Kiziloglu and H. A. Krimm and T. A. McKay and M. Ozel and A. Phillips and R. M. Quimby and G. Rowell and W. Rujopakarn and E. S. Rykoff and B. E. Schaefer and D. A. Smith and H. F. Swan and W. T. Vestrand and J. C. Wheeler and J. Wren and F. Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3132},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
ApJ accepted. 20 pages in draft manuscript form, which includes 6 pages of tables and 2 figures