Prompt and afterglow emission from the X-ray rich GRB981226 observed with BeppoSAX

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2000-02-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002527v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 1 LateX file, 4 postscript figures, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal

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10.1086/309369

We discuss observations of the prompt X and gamma-ray emission and X-ray afterglow from GRB981226. This event has the weakest gamma-ray peak flux detected with the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor. It shows an isolated X-ray precursor and the highest X-ray to gamma-ray fluence ratio measured thus far with the Wide Field Cameras. The event was followed up with the Narrow Field Instruments, and the X-ray afterglow was detected up to 10 keV. The afterglow flux is observed to rise from a level below the sensitivity of the MECS/LECS telescopes up to a peak flux of (5 +/-1) * 10^(-13) erg cm-2 s-1, in the 2-10 keV energy band. This rise is followed by a decline according to a power law with index of 1.31 (+0.44,-0.39). We discuss these results in the light of the current GRB models.

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