Aquib Moin (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy / Australia Telescope National Facility), Steven Tingay (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy), Chris Phillips
(Australia Telescope National Facility), Gregory Taylor (University of New Mexico), Mark Wieringa (Australia Telescope National Facility) and
Ralph Martin (Perth Observatory) report:
We observed the XRT position of the GRB080916c (GCN 8261) at 5.5 GHz with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) between 14:00:00 UT and 20:00:00 UT on July 01, 2009.
We did not detect a radio source at the XRT position of the GRB080916c (GCN 8261). The radio flux density at the afterglow position found out to be 0.230 +/- 0.180 mJy/beam (1-sigma).
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (/ Parkes telescope / Mopra telescope / Long Baseline Array) is part of the Australia Telescope which is funded by the Commonwealth of Australia for operation as a National Facility managed by CSIRO.
See the 5.5 GHz image at: