The Detailed Optical light Curve of GRB 030329

Lipkin, Y; Ofek, Eran O; Gal-Yam, Avishay; Leibowitz, E; Poznanski, D; Kaspi, S; Polishook, D; Kulkarni, Shrinivas R; Fox, Derek B; Berger, Edo; Mirabal, N; Halpern, J.; Bureau, M; Fathi, K; Price, Paul; Peterson, Bruce; Frebel, Anna; Schmidt, Brian; Orosz, J; Fogel, Marilyn L; Bloom, J S; van Dokkum, P.G.; Bailyn, C; Buxton, Mike; Barsony, M

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The Detailed Optical light Curve of GRB 030329

Date

2004

Authors

Lipkin, Y

Ofek, Eran O

Gal-Yam, Avishay

Leibowitz, E

Poznanski, D

Kaspi, S

Polishook, D

Kulkarni, Shrinivas R

Fox, Derek B

Berger, Edo

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present densely sampled BVRI light curves of the optical transient associated with the gamma-ray burst (GRB) 030329, the result of a coordinated observing campaign conducted at five observatories. Augmented with published observations of this GRB, the