GRB990123, The Optical Flash and The Fireball Model

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1999-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902009v1

Astrophys.J.517:L109,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages including 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/312039

We compare the ongoing observations of the remarkable burst GRB990123, the mother of all bursts, with the predictions of the afterglow theory. We show that the observations agree with the recent prediction that a reverse shock propagating into the ejecta would produce a very strong prompt optical flash. This reverse shock has also produced the 8.46GHz radio signal, observed after one day. The forward shock, which propagates into the ISM is the origin of the classical afterglow. It has produced the prompt X-ray signal as well as the late optical and IR emission. It would most likely produce a radio emission within the next few weeks. The observations suggest that the initial Lorentz factor of the ejecta was $\sim 200$. Within factors of order unity, this crude model explains all current observations of GRB990123.

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