Constraints on an Optical Afterglow and on Supernova Light Following the Short Burst GRB 050813
Constraints on an Optical Afterglow and on Supernova Light Following the Short Burst GRB 050813
We report early follow-up observations of the error box of the short burst GRB 050813 using the telescopes at Calar Alto and Observatorio Sierra Nevada, followed by deep VLT FORS2 I-band observations obtained under very good seeing conditions 5.7 and 11.7 days after the event. Neither a fading afterglow nor …