Is the afterglow of Gamma Ray Burst 021004 unusual?

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2002-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211224v2

Astrophys.J. 585 (2003) L15-L18

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

All observational data points reported to date in GCN notices and in astro-ph were included. Submitted to ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/374237

The bumpy light-curve of the bright optical afterglow (AG) of gamma ray burst (GRB) 021004, its spectral evolution and its radio emission have been claimed to be unusual. In the Cannonball Model of GRBs that is not the case. The very early AG's shape is, as for GRB 990123, a direct tracer of the expected circumburst density profile. The unprecedented precision of the data allows for the ``resolution'' of two cannonballs (CBs) in the AG. These two CBs correspond to the two pulses in the GRB and to the two wide humps in the AG light curve. The smaller wiggles in the AG are, as for GRBs 000301c and 970508, to be expected: they trace moderate deviations from a constant density interstellar medium. The observed evolution of the optical spectrum is that predicted in the CB model. The X-ray and radio emissions of GRB 021004 are also normal.

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