Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-16
Astrophys.J. 627 (2005) L13-L16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. To see a short movie of fading GRB 050319 go to http://www.raptor.lanl.gov/images/G
Scientific paper
10.1086/431975
The RAPid Telescopes for Optical Response (RAPTOR) system at Los Alamos National Laboratory observed GRB 050319 starting 25.4 seconds after gamma-ray emission triggered the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on-board the Swift satellite. Our well sampled light curve of the early optical afterglow is composed of 32 points (derived from 70 exposures) that measure the flux decay during the first hour after the GRB. The GRB 050319 light curve measured by RAPTOR can be described as a relatively gradual flux decline (power-law index alpha = -0.37) with a transition, at about 400 s after the GRB, to a faster flux decay (alpha = -0.91). The addition of other available measurements to the RAPTOR light curve suggests that another emission component emerged after 10^4 s. We hypothesize that the early afterglow emission is powered by extended energy injection or delayed reverse shock emission followed by the emergence of forward shock emission.
Casperson Don
Evans Suzanne M.
Vestrand Thomas W.
White Russel
Wozniak Prezemyslaw R.
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