Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-05-16
Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) L1-L4
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages including 2 figures, LaTeX. Accepted to ApJ Letters on May 14, 2004
Scientific paper
10.1086/422554
The bright, nearby (z=0.1685) gamma-ray burst of 29 March 2003 has presented us with the first opportunity to directly image the expansion of a GRB. This burst reached flux density levels at centimeter wavelengths more than 50 times brighter than any previously studied event. Here we present the results of a VLBI campaign using the VLBA, VLA, Green Bank, Effelsberg, Arecibo, and Westerbork telescopes that resolves the radio afterglow of GRB 030329 and constrains its rate of expansion. The size of the afterglow is found to be \~0.07 mas (0.2 pc) 25 days after the burst, and 0.17 mas (0.5 pc) 83 days after the burst, indicating an average velocity of 3-5 c. This expansion is consistent with expectations of the standard fireball model. We measure the projected proper motion of GRB 030329 in the sky to <0.3 mas in the 80 days following the burst. In observations taken 52 days after the burst we detect an additional compact component at a distance from the main component of 0.28 +/- 0.05 mas (0.80 pc). The presence of this component is not expected from the standard model.
Berger Edmond
Frail Dale A.
Kulkarni Sanjeev R.
Taylor Greg B.
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