Constraints on the optical afterglow emission of the short/hard burst GRB 010119

Gorosabel, J.; Andersen, M. I.; Hjorth, J.; Pedersen, H.; Jensen, B. L.; Fynbo, J. U.; Lehto, H. J.; Katajainen, S.; Hurley, K.; Lund, N.

Constraints on the optical afterglow emission of the short/hard burst GRB 010119

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We report optical observations of the short/hard burst GRB 010119 error box, one of the smallest error boxes reported to date for short/hard GRBs. Limits of R > 22.3 and I > 21.2 are imposed by observations carried out 20.31 and 20.58 hours after the gamma-ray event, respectively. They represent the most constraining limits imposed to date on the optical emission from a short/hard gamma-ray burst afterglow.
6 pages, 7 figures, submitted to A&A