A search for VHF radio pulses in coincidence with celestial gamma-ray bursts

Baird, George; Delaney, T.; Lawless, B. G.; Griffiths, David J.; Shakeshaft, J. R.; Drever, R. W. P.; Meikle, W. P. S.; Jelley, J. V.; Charman, W. N.; Spencer, R. E.

doi:10.1086/181732

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“…In 1 second of observations, COBE has the following sensitivities: 26.4, 28.8 and 98.6 KJy for, respectively, the 31, 53 and 90 GHz channel. This sensitivities are of the same order or magnitude of the two similar high sky coverage searches by Baird et al, 1975 andInzani et al, 1982. Given these noise levels, the best use of COBE data is for studying delayed or anticipated emission on long observing times where the noise can be reduced by integration to a useful level. The COBE data has also been used to put upper limits on prompt emission which would be coincident with the GRB event (see Bontekoe et al 1995).…”

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confidence: 73%

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A Search for Millimetric Emission from Gamma‐Ray Bursts

Ali¹,

Schaefer²,

Limon³

et al. 1997

ApJ

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We have used the two-year Di †erential Microwave Radiometer data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite to systematically search for millimetric (31È90 GHz) emission from the gammaray bursts (GRBs) in the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) GRB 3B catalog. The large beam size of the COBE instrument (7¡ FWHM) allows for an efficient search of the large GRB positional error boxes, although it also means that Ñuxes from (point-source) GRB objects will be somewhat diluted. A likelihood analysis has been used to look for a change in the level of millimetric emission from the locations of 81 GRB events during the Ðrst two years (1990 and 1991) of the COBE mission. The likelihood analysis determined that we did not Ðnd any signiÐcant millimetric signal before or after the occurrence of the GRB. We found 95% conÐdence level upper limits of 175, 192, and 645 Jy or, in terms of Ñuxes, of 9.6, 16.3, and 54.8 ] 10~13 erg cm~2 s, respectively at 31, 53, and 90 GHz. We also looked separately at three di †erent classes of GRBs, including the top 10 (in peak Ñux), "" short-burst,ÏÏ and "" long-burst ÏÏ subsets and found a similar upper limits for each subset. While these limits may be somewhat higher than one would like, we estimate that using this technique with future missions could push these limits down to D1 mJy.

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confidence: 73%

“…The previous cited works were concentrated on studying the delayed emission of single GRB events. Two works (Inzani et al, 1982 andBaird et al, 1975) have been published so far about an extended sky search on radio-counterpart similar to the work presented in this paper.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 57%

A Search for Millimetric Emission from Gamma‐Ray Bursts

Ali¹,

Schaefer²,

Limon³

et al. 1997

ApJ

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“…Finally, we to note that including the other previous lowfrequency experiments, Baird et al (1975), Benz &Paesold (1998), andBalsano (1999), in the analysis makes no difference to the results.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Baird et al (1975) observed 19 GRB events at 151 MHz between 1970 and 1973, with a time resolution of 0.3 s; they searched for coincident radio pulses with two or more stations over periods −1 hr to +10 hr relative to the GRB event times. Their search failed to locate any astronomical radio pulse above their sensitivity limit of 10 5 Jy.…”

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A Search for Fast Radio Bursts Associated With Gamma-Ray Bursts

Palaniswamy¹,

Wayth²,

Trott

et al. 2014

ApJ

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The detection of seven fast radio bursts (FRBs) has recently been reported. FRBs are short duration (∼1 ms), highly dispersed radio pulses from astronomical sources. The physical interpretation for the FRBs remains unclear but is thought to involve highly compact objects at cosmological distance. It has been suggested that a fraction of FRBs could be physically associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Recent radio observations of GRBs have reported the detection of two highly dispersed short duration radio pulses using a 12 m radio telescope at 1.4 GHz. Motivated by this result, we have performed a systematic and sensitive search for FRBs associated with GRBs. We have observed five GRBs at 2.3 GHz using a 26 m radio telescope located at the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, Hobart. The radio telescope was automated to rapidly respond to Gamma-ray Coordination Network notifications from the Swift satellite and slew to the GRB position within ∼140 s. The data were searched for pulses up to 5000 pc cm −3 in dispersion measure and pulse widths ranging from 640 μs to 25.60 ms. We did not detect any events 6σ . An in depth statistical analysis of our data shows that events detected above 5σ are consistent with thermal noise fluctuations only. A joint analysis of our data with previous experiments shows that previously claimed detections of FRBs from GRBs are unlikely to be astrophysical. Our results are in line with the lack of consistency noted between the recently presented FRB event rates and GRB event rates.

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“…There have been many searches for prompt, coherent radio counterparts to GRBs to date, but none have yielded detections thus far(e.g., Baird et al 1975;Inzani et al 1982;Koranyi et al 1995;Dessenne et al 1996;Benz & Paesold 1998;Balsano 1999;Bannister et al 2012, see Granot & van der Horst 2014 for brief summary). Most recently, Obenberger et al (2014) searched for ≡δ Notes.…”

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A Simultaneous Search for Prompt Radio Emission Associated with the Short GRB 170112A Using the All-sky Imaging Capability of the OVRO-LWA

Anderson

Hallinan

Eastwood

et al. 2018

ApJ

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We have conducted the most sensitive low-frequency (below 100 MHz) search to date for prompt, low-frequency radio emission associated with short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA). The OVRO-LWA's nearly full-hemisphere field of view (∼20,000 square degrees) allows us to search for low-frequency (sub-100 MHz) counterparts for a large sample of the subset of GRB events for which prompt radio emission has been predicted. Following the detection of short GRB 170112A by Swift, we used all-sky OVRO-LWA images spanning one hour prior to and two hours following the GRB event to search for a transient source coincident with the position of GRB 170112A. We detect no transient source to within a 3σ flux density limit of 4.5Jy at 13 s timescales for frequencies spanning 27-84MHz. We place constraints on a number of models predicting prompt, low-frequency radio emission accompanying short GRBs and their potential binary neutron star merger progenitors, and place an upper limit of L radio / L γ 3.5×10−6 on the fraction of energy released in the prompt radio emission, under the assumptions of negligible scattering of the radio pulse and beaming of emission along the line of sight. These observations serve as a pilot effort for a program targeting a wider sample of both short and long GRBs with the OVRO-LWA, including bursts with confirmed redshift measurements that are critical to placing constraining limits on prompt radio emission models, as well as a program for the follow-up of gravitational wave compact binary coalescence events detected by advanced LIGO and Virgo.

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A search for VHF radio pulses in coincidence with celestial gamma-ray bursts

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

A Search for Millimetric Emission from Gamma‐Ray Bursts

A Search for Millimetric Emission from Gamma‐Ray Bursts

A Search for Fast Radio Bursts Associated With Gamma-Ray Bursts

A Simultaneous Search for Prompt Radio Emission Associated with the Short GRB 170112A Using the All-sky Imaging Capability of the OVRO-LWA

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