Constraints on the Bulk Lorentz Factor of GRB 990123

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2002-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0203241v1

AIP Conf.Proc. 662 (2003) 172-175

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 postscript figures, to appear in "Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001", Woods Hole; 5-9 Nov, 2001

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1579332

GRB 990123 was a long, complex gamma-ray burst accompanied by an extremely bright optical flash. We present the collective constraints on the bulk Lorentz factor for this burst based on estimates from burst kinematics, synchrotron spectral decay, prompt radio flash observations, and prompt emission pulse width. Combination of these constraints leads to an average bulk Lorentz factor for GRB 990123 of Gamma_0=1000 +/- 100 which implies a baryon loading of M_jet=8 (+17/-2) x 10^-8 Msolar. We find these constraints to be consistent with the speculation that the optical light is emission from the reverse shock component of the external shock. In addition, we find the implied value of M_jet to be in accordance with theoretical estimates: the baryonic loading is sufficiently small to allow acceleration of the outflow to Gamma > 100.

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