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The COMPTEL instrument onboard theCompton Gamma-Ray Observatory imaged the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 940301 within 1.6 hours of the event, with a mean 1σ error radius of 1.5°. The error region was subsequently refined by combining the COMPTEL location with the arc derived from differences in the event arrival time at the Ulysses and BATSE detectors. Westerbork observations of the COMPTEL error region began on March 4 1994 at 21 cm, however coverage of the refined position was not obtained until 32 days after the GRB occurrence, by which time the operating wavelength had changed to 92 cm. We have constrained the level of variability of sources within the triangulation arc-COMPTEL 2σ error box region to be less than 40 mJy (5σ upper limit) at 92 cm 41 days after the burst.
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Hanlon, L.O., Bennett, K., Galama, T. et al. Search for a radio counterpart to GRB 940301 with westerbork. Astrophys Space Sci 231, 307–310 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00658638
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