A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828

Authors

P. J. Groot, University of Amsterdam
T. J. Galama, University of Amsterdam
J. van Paradijs, University of Amsterdam; Unversity of Alabama in Huntsville
C. Kouveliotou, Universities Space Research Association at NASA/MSFCFollow
R. A. M. J. Wijers, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
J. Bloom, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge UK; Caltech
N. Tanvir, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UKFollow
R. Vanderspek, Center for Space Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA
J. Greiner, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany
A. J. Castro-Tirado, Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF-INTA), Madrid, Spain
J. Gorosabel, Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF-INTA), Madrid, Spain
T. von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
M. Lehnert, Sterrewacht Leiden, The Netherlands
K. Kuijken, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, The Netherlands
H. Hoekstra, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, The Netherlands
N. Metcalfe, University of Durham, England, UK
C. Howk, University of Wisconsin-Madison
C. Conselice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
J. Telting, ING Telescopes/FNRA, Tenerife, Spain
R. G. M. Rutten, ING Telescopes/FNRA, Tenerife, Spain
J. Rhoads, NOAO, Tucson, AZ
A. Cole, University of Wisconsin-Madison
D. J. Pisano, University of Wisconsin-Madison
R. Naber, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, The Netherlands
R. Schwarz, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Physical Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

1-20-1998

Abstract/Description

We report on the results of R-band observations of the error box of the g-ray burst of 1997 August 28 made between 4 hr and 8 days after this burst occurred. No counterpart was found varying by more than 0.2 mag down to R 5 23.8. We discuss the consequences of this nondetection for relativistic blast wave models of g-ray bursts and the possible effect of redshift on the relation between optical absorption and the low-energy cutoff in the X-ray afterglow spectrum.

Publication Title

The Astrophysical Journal

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Groot, P. J., Galama, T. J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A., Bloom, J., Tanvir, N., Vanderspek, R., Greiner, J., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Gorosabel, J., von Hippel, T., Lehnert, M., Kuijken, K., Hoekstra, H., Metcalfe, N., Howk, C., Conselice, C., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G., Rhoads, J., Cole, A., Pisano, D. J., Naber, R., & Schwarz, R. (1998). A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828. The Astrophysical Journal, 493(1). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/229