A Search for Early Optical Emission at Gamma-Ray Burst Locations by the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Astrophys.J.637:880-888,2006 The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) views nearly every point on the sky once every 102 minutes and can detect point sources as faint as R~10th magnitude. Therefore, SMEI can detect or provide upper limits for the optical afterglow from gamma-ray bursts in the tens of m...

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Main Authors Buffington, Andrew, Band, David L, Jackson, Bernard V, Hick, P. Paul, Smith, Aaron C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.10.2005
Subjects
Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Summary:Astrophys.J.637:880-888,2006 The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) views nearly every point on the sky once every 102 minutes and can detect point sources as faint as R~10th magnitude. Therefore, SMEI can detect or provide upper limits for the optical afterglow from gamma-ray bursts in the tens of minutes after the burst when different shocked regions may emit optically. Here we provide upper limits for 58 bursts between 2003 February and 2005 April.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0510159