GCN Circular 20081
Subject
GRB161017A: NOEMA detection of the millimetre afterglow
Date
2016-10-19T16:15:03Z (8 years ago)
From
Steve Schulze at U of Iceland <sts30@hi.is>
S. Schulze (Weizmann Institute), A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC, DARK/NBI), M. Bremer, E. Chapillon, J. M. Winters (IRAM) and S. Martin (JAO) report on behalf a larger collaboration:
We conducted millimetre observations of GRB 161017A (Troja et al. GCN 20064) with the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA; Plateau de Bure, France) at 93 and 133 GHz. Observations started at 6:51 UT on October 19 (i.e. 1.54 day after the burst).
We detect the afterglow at both frequencies. A preliminary analysis of the 93 GHz data reveals a flux density of 1.50 +/- 0.06 mJy. Further observations are scheduled.
We encourage follow-up observations at all frequencies.