The appearance of the SN 1998bw (Sadler et al. 1998) in the close environment of GRB 980425 (Soffitta et al. 1998) implicates the question of possible association between supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. We have carried out a correlation for angular coincidences between the historical supernovae catalogue and recent precise observations of gamma-ray bursts with the main goal to search for possible recurrences of GRBs.
A study for temporal and angular coincidences with another set of precise GRBs positions has been carried out by Kippen et al. (1998) and by Wang & Wheeler (1998). A detailed study of the supernova 1998bw and possible connections of SNe with GRBs has been presented by Woosley et al. (1999).
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