The Optical Afterglow of GRB 971214: R and J Photometry

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1998-03-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803305v4

Astrophys.J. 503 (1998) L105

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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9 pages including 3 figures and 2 tables; Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: 503, L105. Updated to reflect final

Scientific paper

10.1086/311540

We present an R-band and J-band photometry of an optical transient which is likely to be associated with the gamma-ray burst event GRB 971214. Our first measurement took place 13 hours after the gamma-ray event. The brightness decayed with a power-law exponent alpha = -1.20 +- 0.02, which is similar to those of GRB 970228 and GRB 970508 which had exponents of alpha = -1.10 +- 0.04 and alpha = -1.141 +- 0.014 respectively. The transient decayed monotonically during the first four days following the gamma-ray event in contrast with the optical transient associated with GRB 970508 which increased in brightness, peaking two days after the burst, before settling to a power-law decay.

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