Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-04-26
Astrophys.J. 590 (2003) L73-L78
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 5 figures, latex, Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/376853
We present INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton observations of the prompt gamma-ray emission and the X-ray afterglow of GRB030227, the first GRB for which the quick localization obtained with the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System (IBAS) has led to the discovery of X-ray and optical afterglows. GRB030227 had a duration of about 20 s and a peak flux of 1.1 photons cm^-2 s^-1 in the 20-200 keV energy range. The time averaged spectrum can be fit by a single power law with photon index about 2 and we find some evidence for a hard to soft spectral evolution. The X-ray afterglow has been detected starting only 8 hours after the prompt emission, with a 0.2-10 keV flux decreasing as t^-1 from 1.3x10e-12 to 5x10e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1. The afterglow spectrum is well described by a power law with photon index 1.94+/-0.05 modified by a redshifted neutral absorber with column density of several 10e22 cm^-2. A possible emission line at 1.67 keV could be due to Fe for a redshift z=3, consistent with the value inferred from the absorption.
Beckmann Volker
Borkowski J.
Bouchet Laurent
Castro-Tirado Alberto
Courvoisier Thierry J. -L.
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