Optical and near-infrared observations of the afterglow of GRB 980329 from 15 hours to 10 days

Autor: Quashnock, J.M., Castander, F.J., Lamb, D.Q., Cooray, A.R., Rhoads, J.E., Reichart, D.E., Cole, D.M., Fruchter, A.S., Klose, S., Metzger, M.R., Vanden Berk, D.E.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1999
DOI: 10.17615/vypa-gz84
Popis: We report I-band observations of the GRB 980329 field made on 1998 March 29 with the 1.34 m Tautenberg Schmidt telescope, R-, J- and K-band observations made on 1998 April 1 with the APO 3.5 m telescope, R- and I-band observations made on 1998 April 3 with the Mayall 4 m telescope at KPNO, and J- and K-band observations made 1998 April 6-8 with the Keck-I 10 m telescope. We show that these and other reported measurements are consistent with a power-law fading of the optical/near-infrared source that is coincident with the variable radio source VLA J0702+3850. This firmly establishes that this source is the afterglow of GRB 980329.
Databáze: OpenAIRE