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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
卷 131, 期 998, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aaff99
关键词
gamma rays: general
资金
- U.S National Science Foundation [AST-1440341]
- California Institute of Technology
- Oskar Klein Centre
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- University of Maryland
- University of Washington
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- TANGO Program of the University System of Taiwan
- David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology
- National Science Foundation [PHY-1607585]
There is significant interest in the models for production of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Until now, the number of known short GRBs with multi-wavelength afterglows has been small. While the Fermi GRB Monitor detects many GRBs relative to the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, the large localization regions makes the search for counterparts difficult. With the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) recently achieving first light, it is now fruitful to use its combination of depth (m(AB) similar to 20.6), field of view (approximate to 47 square degrees), and survey cadence (every similar to 3 days) to perform Target of Opportunity observations. We demonstrate this capability on GRB 180523B, which was recently announced by the Fermi GRB Monitor as a short GRB. ZTF imaged approximate to 2900 square degrees of the localization region, resulting in the coverage of 61.6% of the enclosed probability over two nights to a depth of m(AB) similar to 20.5. We characterized 14 previously unidentified transients, and none were found to be consistent with a short GRB counterpart. This search with the ZTF shows it is an efficient camera for searching for coarsely localized short GRB and gravitational-wave counterparts, allowing for a sensitive search with minimal interruption to its nominal cadence.
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