A Search for Early Optical Emission at Gamma‐Ray Burst Locations by theSolar Mass Ejection Imager(SMEI) | Zendy

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A Search for Early Optical Emission at Gamma‐Ray Burst Locations by theSolar Mass Ejection Imager(SMEI)

Author(s) -

A. Buffington,

D. L. Band,

B. V. Jackson,

P. P. Hick,

Aaron Smith

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/498407

Subject(s) - physics , afterglow , astrophysics , solar mass , gamma ray burst , coronal mass ejection , astronomy , nuclear physics , solar wind , plasma , stars

The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) views nearly every point on the skyonce every 102 minutes and can detect point sources as faint as R~10thmagnitude. Therefore, SMEI can detect or provide upper limits for the opticalafterglow from gamma-ray bursts in the tens of minutes after the burst whendifferent shocked regions may emit optically. Here we provide upper limits for58 bursts between 2003 February and 2005 April.Comment: accepted for publication in ApJ, 17 pages, 8 figure

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