A search for TeV counterparts to BATSE gamma-ray bursts

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/303918· OSTI ID:628685

Connaughton, V ^[1]; Akerlof, C W ^[2]; Barthelmy, S ^[3]; Biller, S ^[4]; Boyle, P ^[5]; Buckley, J ^[6]; Carter-Lewis, D A; Catanese, M ^[7]; Cawley, M F ^[8]; Cline, T ^[3]; Fegan, D J ^[5]; Finley, J ^[9]; Fishman, G J ^[1]; Gaidos, J ^[9]; Gehrels, N ^[3]; Hillas, A M ^[4]; Kouveliotou, C ^[1]; Krennrich, F; Lamb, R C ^[7]; Lessard, R ; McEnery, J ^[5]; Meegan, C ^[1]; others, and

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1. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ES 84, Alabama 35812 (United States)
2. University of Michigan, Department of Physics, Randall Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
3. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, Maryland 20706 (United States)
4. University of Leeds, Department of Physics, Leeds LS2 9JT, England (United Kingdom)
5. University College Dublin, Physics Department, Belfield, Dublin 4 (Ireland)
6. Center for Astrophysics--Whipple Observatory, P.O. Box 97, Amado, Arizona 85645 (United States)
7. Iowa State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Osborn Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
8. St. Patricks College, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth, Kildare (Ireland)
9. Purdue University, Department of Physics, Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)

Intense effort has gone into the observation of optical, radio, and X-ray gamma-ray burst (GRB) counterparts, either simultaneous to the burst or as quasi-steady lingering remnants. Here we report on a similar study at higher energies of 250 GeV and above using ground-based telescopes. The recent technical advances represented by the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique (Cawley & Weekes 1995) have opened up the field of gamma-ray astronomy above 250 GeV and raised the possibility that these techniques can be used with excellent fluence sensitivity in exploring the GRB phenomenon. Observations by the Whipple collaboration of nine BATSE positions, one acquired within 2 minutes of the reported BATSE burst time, using coordinates distributed through the BATSE Coordinates Distribution Network (BACODINE) are reported. No evidence of TeV emission is found, and upper limits to the high-energy delayed or extended emission of observed candidates are calculated. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Astronomical Society}

• OSTI ID: 628685
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 479, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
DATA ANALYSIS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
TEV RANGE
TELESCOPES
CHERENKOV RADIATION