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Title:
Optical and near-infrared follow-up observations of GRB980329
Authors:
Palazzi, E.; Pian, E.; Masetti, N.; Nicastro, L.; Vreeswijk, P.; Galama, T. J.; Groot, P.; Frontera, F.; della Valle, M.; Lidman, C.; Kouveliotou, C.; Pizzichini, G.; van Paradijs, J.; Pedersen, H.; Mannucci, F.; di Martino, M.; Diercks, A. H.; Deutsch, E. W.; Amati, L.; Benetti, S.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Clasen, J.; Costa, E.; dal Fiume, D.; Falomo, R.; Feroci, M.; Fynbo, J.; Heise, J.; in 't Zand, J. J. M.; Piro, L.; Robinson, C.; Tornikoski, M.; Valtaoja, E.; Zapatero-Osorio, M. R.; Lamb, D.; Quashnock, J.; van den Berk, D.
Affiliation:
AA( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy), AB( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy), AC( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy), AD(Istituto di Fisica Cosmica con Applicazioni all'Informatica, CNR, Via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy), AE(University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands), AF(University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands), AG(University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands), AH( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy; Department of Physics, University of Ferrara, Via Paradiso 11, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy), AI(Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, V. Dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy), AJ(European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19000, Santiago, Chile), AK(Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, USA), AL( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy), AM(University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University of Alabama in Huntsville, 35899 AL, USA), AN(Copenhagen University Observatory, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark), AO(Centro per l'Astronomia Infrarossa e lo Studio del Mezzo Interstellare, CNR, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Arcetri, Italy), AP(Torino Astronomical Observatory, Pino Torinese, Italy), AQ(Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195), AR(Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195), AS(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, I-00131 Roma, Italy), AT(Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain), AU(Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundamental (LAEFF-INTA), P.O. Box 50727, E-28080, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC), P.O. Box 03004, E-18080, Granada, Spain), AV(Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain), AW(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, I-00131 Roma, Italy), AX( Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestri, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy), AY(Astronomical Observatory of Padova, V. Dell'Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy), AZ(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, I-00131 Roma, Italy), BA(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus, Denmark), BB(Space Research Organization in the Netherlands, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands), BC(Space Research Organization in the Netherlands, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands), BD(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, I-00131 Roma, Italy), BE(Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, USA), BF(Metsaehovi Radio Observatory, Helsinki, Finland), BG(Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Finland), BH(Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Via Lactea, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), BI(Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Av., Chicago, IL 60637, USA), BJ(Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Av., Chicago, IL 60637, USA), BK(Mc Donald Observatory, University of Texas, RLM 15.308, Austin, TX 78712-1083, USA)
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.336, p.L95-L99 (1998) (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
08/1998
Origin:
A&A
A&A Keywords:
GAMMA-RAYS: BURSTS, RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON THERMAL
Bibliographic Code:
1998A&A...336L..95P

Abstract

We imaged the field of GRB980329 in the optical and in the near-infrared starting 20 hours after the event, at the ESO NTT, at the NOT, at the APO and at the TIRGO. In the first night we detect an object of R = 23.6 +/- 0.2 within the BeppoSAX NFI error box at the same position as a transient VLA source proposed as the radio afterglow of this GRB. The source faded by 1.6 +/- 0.5 magnitudes in 2.1 days, similarly to the decays of previous GRB optical afterglows. This transient is likely the optical counterpart of GRB980329. In the near-infrared we detect signal at 2-sigma significance, whose position is only marginally consistent with that of the VLA source. The spectrum of the transient bears the signatures of substantial absorption within the GRB host galaxy. The afterglow energetics are interpreted as synchrotron radiation from an expanding blast wave.

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