Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-06-14
Astrophys.J.513:679-689,1999
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 page latex file including 14 figures and 2 tables
Scientific paper
10.1086/306884
The detection of an afterglow, following a gamma-ray burst (GRB), can be described reasonably well by synchrotron emission from a relativistic spherical expanding blast wave, driven by an expanding fireball. We perform detailed calculations considering the emission from the whole region behind the shock front. We use the Blandford McKee self similar adiabatic solution to describe the fluid behind the shock. Using this detailed model, we derive expressions for the peak flux, and the peak frequency at a given observed time. These expressions provide important numerical corrections to previous, more simplified models. We calculate the observed light curve and spectra for several magnetic field models. We show that both the light curve and the spectra are flat near the peak. This rules out the interpretation of the optical peak of GRB970508 as the peak of the light curve, predicted by the existing fireball models. We calculate the observed image of a GRB afterglow. The observed image is bright near the edge and dimmer at the center, thus creating a ring. The contrast between the edge and the center is larger at high frequencies and the width of the ring is smaller.
Granot Jonathan
Piran Tsvi
Sari Re'em
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