Observations of Early Optical Afterglows

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2006-05-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605108v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 16th Annual Astrophysics Conference in Maryland "Gamma Ray Bursts in

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2207894

The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) has performed extensive follow-up on 71 Swift Burst Alert Telescope triggered gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in its first ten months of operations. In this paper, we discuss some of the UV and optical properties of UVOT detected afterglows such as XRF 050406, the bright GRB 050525A, the high redshift GRB 050730, the early flaring GRB 050801, and others. We also discuss some of the implications of why 75% of GRB afterglows observed by UVOT in less than one hour are "dark."

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