Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aipc..526..360h&link_type=abstract
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 5th Huntsville Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 360-364 (2000).
Computer Science
Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Jets And Bursts, Galactic Winds And Fountains, Magnitudes And Colors, Luminosities, Supernovae
Scientific paper
Recent results indicate that nearly half of GRBs are accompanied by optical emissions. I focus on the feasibility of independent optical searches for GRBs based on sky surveys. I estimate the optical transient and optical afterglow rates based on recent observational results and theoretical predictions (beaming), and compare them with background rates of similar transient phenomena (such as flare stars, flaring AGNs, supernovae, etc.). I show that independent optical searches for GRBs using both ground-based and space experiments are feasible but require a very high level of background elimination. I also propose a strategy for these searches and will show that deep CCD-based wide field surveys and deep high-quality sky patrol plates may be involved in such studies. .
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