Author: Kocevski Daniel Thöne Christina C. Ramirez-Ruiz Enrico Bloom Joshua S. Granot Jonathan Butler Nathaniel R. Perley Daniel A. Modjaz Maryam Lee William H. Cobb Bethany E. Levan Andrew J. Tanvir Nial Covino Stefano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0035-8711
Source: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.404, Iss.2, 2010-05, pp. : 963-974
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Abstract
ABSTRACTWe present results of an extensive observing campaign of the short-duration, hard spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) 070724A, aimed at detecting the radioactively powered emission that might follow from a binary merger or collapse involving compact objects. Our multiband observations span the range in time over which this so-called Li–Paczyński mini-supernova (mini-SN) could be active, beginning within 3 h of the GRB trigger and represent some of the deepest and most comprehensive searches for such emission. We find no evidence for such activity and place limits on the abundances and the lifetimes of the possible radioactive nuclides that could form in the rapid decompression of nuclear density matter. Furthermore, our limits are significantly fainter than the peak magnitude of any previously detected broad-lined Type Ic SN associated with other GRBs, effectively ruling out a long GRB-like SN for this event. Given the unambiguous redshift of the host galaxy (
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