Bibcode
Postigo, A. De Ugarte; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Gorosabel, J.; Fatkhullin, T. A.; Sokolov, V. V.; Jelínek, M.; Sluse, D.; Ferrero, P.; Kann, D. A.; Klose, S.; Bremer, M.; Winters, J. M.; Nurenberger, D.; Pérez-Ramírez, D.; Guerrero, M. A.; French, J.; Melady, G.; Hanlon, L.; McBreen, B.; Aceituno, F. J.; Cunniffe, R.; Kubánek, P.; Vitek, S.; Schulze, S.; Wilson, A. C.; Hudec, R.; González-Pérez, J. M.; Shahbaz, T.; Guziy, S.; Pavlenko, L.; Sonbas, E.; Trushki, S.; Bursov, N.; Nizhelskij, N. A.; Sabau-Graziati, L.
Bibliographical reference
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1000, pp. 337-341 (2008).
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Description
The majority of bright gamma-ray transients that we observe in the sky,
are produced by extragalactic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, we know
that there are other kinds of sources that can produce intense bursts of
high-energy photons within our own Galaxy. GRB 070610/Swift
J195509+261406, being just 1 degree away from the Galactic plane, is one
of these sources and presents a peculiar behavior, as it shows strong
flaring activity that has been observed in the optical and near
infrared.
We have gathered multi-wavelength observations of GRB 070610 including
optical, near infrared, millimeter and radio observations. Our dataset
covers the time from 1 minute after the burst onset to more than 4
months later. Following the burst in the gamma-ray band, the source
displayed more than 40 flaring episodes in the optical bands (reaching
up to Ic~15) over a time span of three days, plus a faint
infrared flare that was observed at late times. After this time, the
source slowly faded away until it became undetectable.