Rapid optical follow-up observations of SGR events with ROTSE-I
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- 2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
- 3. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
- 4. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
- 5. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Description
The primary mission of the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) is to search for contemporaneous optical emission from GRBs. Among the triggers ROTSE receives via the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN), there are a number from Soft-Gamma Repeater (SGR) events. Since beginning operations in March 1998, ROTSE-I has triggered on 16 observable SGR events. Ten of these events had useful data, eight events from SGR 1900+14 and two events from SGR 1806-20. The error regions for these SGRs are a small fraction of the ROTSE 16 deg. x 16 deg. field of view and have been searched for new or variable objects. Limits on optical transient counterparts are in the range mROTSE≅12.5-15.5 during the period 10 seconds to 1 hour after the observed SGR events
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1361645;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 526
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 804-808
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 5. Huntsville symposium on gamma-ray bursts
- Dates
- 18-22 Oct 1999
- Place
- Huntsville, AL (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34070889
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GALAXIES; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA SPECTRA; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; NEUTRON STARS; PHOTOMETRY; STELLAR WINDS; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DATA; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; STARS; STELLAR ACTIVITY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.