FIRST KOREAN OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS AT MT. LEMMON OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (LOAO)

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Title:	FIRST KOREAN OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS AT MT. LEMMON OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (LOAO)
Authors:	Lee,I;Im,M;Urata,Y
Contributors:	天文研究所
Keywords:	25 APRIL 1998;PEAK ENERGY;SUPERNOVA;ENERGETICS;TELESCOPE;MODEL
Date:	2010
Issue Date:	2012-03-27 18:08:40 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	國立中央大學
Abstract:	We outline our GRB afterglow observation program using the 1-m telescope at Mt. Lemmon Optical Astronomy Observatory (LOAO), and report the first observations of the GRB afterglows. During the 2007B semester, we performed follow-up imaging obsrevations of 6 GRBs, and succeeded in detecting four GRB afterglows (GRB 071010B, GRB 071018, GRB 071020, and GRB 071025) while placing useful upper limits on the light curves of the other GRBs. Among the observed events, we find that three events are special and interesting. GRB 071010B has a light curve which has an unusually long jet break time of 11.8 days. For GRB 071025, its red R- I (similar to 2) color suggests that it is likely to be at z similar to 5. GRB 071020 has a light curve which shows a clear brightening at 0.3-1 days after the burst, where our LOAO data play a crucial role by providing an unambiguous evidence for the brightening. These are the first successful detections of GRB afterglows by a facility owned and operated by a Korean institution, demonstrating the usefulness of the 1-m telescope for transient phenomena such as GRBs up to very high redshift.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Astronomy] journal & Dissertation

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