Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-18
New Astron. 8 (2003) 141-153
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages 5 figures. A revised and extended version, 3 new figures added
Scientific paper
10.1016/S1384-1076(02)00202-6
In many GRB inner engine models the highly relativistic GRB jets are engulfed by slower moving matter. This could result in different beaming for the prompt $\gamma$-ray emission and for the lower energy afterglow. In this case we should expect that some observer will see {\it on-axis orphan afterglows}: X-ray, optical and radio afterglows within the initial relativistic ejecta with no preceding GRB; The prompt $\gamma$-ray emission is pointing elsewhere. We show that the observations of the WFC on BeppoSAX constrain with high certainty the prompt X-ray beaming factor to be less than twice the prompt $\gamma$-ray beaming. The results of Ariel 5 are consistent with this interpretation. The RASS from ROTSE and HEAO-1 constrain the X-ray beaming factor at 400 and 20 minutes after the burst respectively to be comparable and certainly not much larger than the $\gamma$-ray beaming factor. There is no direct limit on the optical beaming. However, we show that observations of several months with existing hardware could result in a useful limit on the optical beaming factor of GRB afterglows.
Nakar Ehud
Piran Tsvi
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