Rapid Optical Follow‐up Observations of SGR Events with ROTSE‐I
The Astrophysical Journal2000Vol. 542(1), pp. 251–256
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C. Akerlof, R. Balsano, S. D. Barthelmy, J. Bloch, P. S. Butterworth, D. Casperson, T. Cline, S. Fletcher, G. Gisler, J. G. Hills, R. Kehoe, Brian Lee, S. Marshall, Timothy A. McKay, Andrew Pawl, W. Priedhorsky, N. Seldomridge, J. Szymański, J. Wren
Abstract
In order to observe nearly simultaneous emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) receives triggers via the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN). Since beginning operations in 1998 March, ROTSE has also taken useful data for 10 SGR events: eight from SGR 1900+14 and two from SGR 1806-20. We have searched for new or variable sources in the error regions of these SGRs, and no optical counterparts were observed. Limits are in the range mROTSE ≈ 12.5-15.5 during the period 20 s to 1 hr after the observed SGR events.
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