Issue |
A&A
Volume 378, Number 1, October IV 2001
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Page(s) | 76 - 81 | |
Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011203 | |
Published online | 15 October 2001 |
Limits on the early afterglow phase of gamma-ray burst sources from TAROT-1
1
Centre d'Étude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CNRS/UPS), BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
2
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (CNRS/OAMP), Traverse du Siphon, BP 8, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France
3
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP 229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
4
NBIfAFG, Copenhagen University Observatory, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Corresponding author: M. Boër, Michel.Boer@cesr.fr
Received:
30
October
2000
Accepted:
9
August
2001
The Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
(TAROT-1) has as its prime objective the observation of the prompt
and delayed emission of cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We have
performed a search for optical emission from 6 GRBs detected by
BATSE. The positioning error circle was fully covered
within typically thirty
minutes after the trigger. No detection of the early
afterglow phase was made, and magnitude limits
in the range of
were estimated using 20 s exposures.
These limits are compared
to optical afterglow data obtained in later phases
and the results are interpreted in terms of source distances.
They correspond to
a median redshift of
.
With HETE-2 and the planned instrument upgrade, TAROT-1 will
be able to detect the early optical emission of GRBs up to a
redshift of the order of 5.
Key words: gamma-rays: bursts
© ESO, 2001
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