A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828
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We report on the results of R-band observations of the error box of the g-ray burst of 1997 August 28 made between 4 hr and 8 days after this burst occurred. No counterpart was found varying by more than 0.2 mag down to . We discuss the consequences of this nondetection for relativistic blast wave models of g-ray R 5 23.8 bursts and the possible effect of redshift on the relation between optical absorption and the low-energy cutoff in the X-ray afterglow spectrum. Subject headings: dust, extinction — galaxies: general — gamma rays: bursts — gamma rays: observations — radiation mechanisms: nonthermal
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تاریخ انتشار 2017