Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-03-24
Astron.Astrophys. 427 (2004) 445-452
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 6 figures; submitted to A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20040516
GRB 020410 is by far the longest gamma-ray burst (with a duration of about 1600 s) to have been followed up from the X-ray through the radio regime. Afterglow emission was detected in X-rays and at optical wavelengths while no emission was detected at 8 GHz brighter than 120 microJy. The decaying X-ray afterglow, back extrapolated to 11 hr after the burst, had a flux of 7.9 10^-12 cgs (2-10 keV); the brightest detected so far. No direct redshift determination is available yet for this GRB, but according to the empirical relationship between the peak energy in the \nu F_\nu spectrum and the isotropic energy output, z is constrained in the range 0.9-1.5. The reconstructed optical afterglow light curve implies at least two breaks in the simple power-law decay. This may be related to emergence of a SN, or refreshment of the external shock by a variation in the circumstellar medium. By comparing the backward extrapolation of the 2-10 keV afterglow decay it is shown that the long duration of the prompt emission is not related to an early onset of afterglow emission, but must be related to prolonged activity of the ``central engine''.
Amati Lorenzo
Castro-Tirado Alberto
Costa Edgar
de Pasquale Massimiliano
Feroci Marco
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