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GRB 071003: Broadband follow-up observations of a very bright gamma-ray burst in a galactic halo

Authors :
Perley, D. A.
Li, W
Chornock, Ryan
Prochaska, Jason
Butler, N R
Chandra, Poonam
Pollack, L K
Bloom, J S
Filippenko, Alexei
Yuan, Fang
Akerlof, C W
Frail, Dale A
Perley, D. A.
Li, W
Chornock, Ryan
Prochaska, Jason
Butler, N R
Chandra, Poonam
Pollack, L K
Bloom, J S
Filippenko, Alexei
Yuan, Fang
Akerlof, C W
Frail, Dale A
Source :
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The optical afterglow of long-duration GRB 071003 is among the brightest yet to be detected from any GRB, with A ≈ 12 mag in KAIT observations starting 42 s after the GRB trigger, including filtered detections during prompt emission. However, our high-S

Details

Database :
OAIster
Journal :
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1291810918
Document Type :
Electronic Resource