Spectra and Light Curves of GRB Afterglows

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2004-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402077v1

Astron.Lett. 29 (2003) 353-360

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1134/1.1579780

We performed accurate numerical calculations of angle-, time-, and frequency-dependent radiative transfer for the relativistic motion of matter in gamma-ray burst (GRB) models. Our technique for solving the transfer equation, which is based on the method of characteristics, can be applied to the motion of matter with a Lorentz factor up to 1000. The effect of synchrotron self-absorption is taken into account. We computed the spectra and light curves from electrons with a power-law energy distribution in an expanding relativistic shock and compare them with available analytic estimates. The behavior of the optical afterglows from GRB 990510 and GRB 000301c is discussed qualitatively.

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