2 papers
astro-ph2001
The extraordinarily bright optical afterglow of GRB 991208 and its host galaxy
A. J. Castro-Tirado, V. V. Sokolov, J. Gorosabel +50
Observations of the extraordinarily bright optical afterglow (OA) of GRB 991208 started 2.1 d after the event. The flux decay constant of the OA in the R-band is -2.30 +/- 0.07 up…
astro-ph1998
The optical/IR counterpart of the 3 July 1998 gamma-ray burst and its evolution
A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, J. Gorosabel +21
We imaged the X-ray error box of GRB 980703, beginning 22.5 hours after the gamma--ray event, in both the optical R and near-infrared H bands. A fading optical/IR object was detect…