Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-12-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 2 figures, Latex, to appear in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Huntsville Symposium, eds. Meegan, Preece, Koshut
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.55381
The Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission (STARE) is a wide-field monitor for transient radio emission at 611 MHz on timescales of fractions of a second to minutes. Consisting of multiple geographically separated total-power radiometers which measure the sky power every 0.125 sec, STARE has been in operation since March 1996. In its first seventeen months of operation, STARE collected data before, during, and after 173 gamma-ray bursts. Seven candidate astronomical radio bursts were detected within +/-1hr of a GRB, consistent with the rate of chance coincidences expected from the local radio interference rates. The STARE data are therefore consistent with an absence of radio counterparts appearing within +/-1hr of GRBs, with 5sigma detection limits ranging from tens to hundreds of kJy. The strengths of STARE relative to other radio counterpart detection efforts are its large solid-angle and temporal coverage. These result in a large number of GRBs occuring in the STARE field of view, allowing studies that are statistical in nature. Such a broad approach may also be valuable if the GRBs are due to a heterogenous set of sources.
Corey Brian E.
Hewitt Jacqueline N.
Katz C. A.
Moore Carleton B.
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