Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-02-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
28 pages, LaTeX, requires aasms4.sty and apjpt4.sty, 5 EPS figures; submitted to Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/304860
The Gamma-Ray Optical Counterpart Search Experiment (GROCSE) presents new experimental upper limits on the optical flux from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Our experiment consisted of a fully-automated very wide-field opto-electronic detection system that imaged locations of GRBs within a few seconds of receiving trigger signals provided by BATSE's real-time burst coordinate distribution network (BACODINE). The experiment acquired ~3800 observing hours, recording 22 gamma-ray burst triggers within $\sim$30 s of the start of the burst event. Some of these bursts were imaged while gamma-ray radiation was being detected by BATSE. We identified no optical counterparts associated with gamma-ray bursts amongst these events at the m$_V$ $\sim$ 7.0 to 8.5 sensitivity level. We find the ratio of the upper limit to the V-band optical flux, F$_\nu$, to the gamma-ray fluence, $\Phi_\gamma$, from these data to be $2 \times 10^{-18} < F_\nu/\Phi_\gamma < 2 \times 10^{-16}$.
Ables Elden
Band David L.
Barthelmy Scott D.
Bionta Richard M.
Butterworth Paul S.
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