Gamma-Ray Burst 980329 and its X-Ray Afterglow

Details Gamma-Ray Burst 980329 and its X-Ray Afterglow Gamma-Ray Burst 980329 and its X-Ray Afterglow

1998-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9807314v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages with 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Lett

Scientific paper

10.1086/311620

GRB 980329 is the brightest gamma-ray burst detected so far with the Wide Field Cameras aboard BeppoSAX, both in gamma-rays and X-rays. With respect to its fluence (2.6 X 10**-5 erg/s/cm**2 in 50 to 300 keV) it would be in the top 4% of gamma-ray bursts in the 4B catalog (Meegan et al. 1998). The time-averaged burst spectrum from 2 to 20 and 70 to 650 keV can be well described by the empirical model of Band et al. (1993). The resulting photon index above the break energy is exceptionally hard at -1.32 +/- 0.03. An X-ray afterglow was detected with the narrow-field instruments aboard BeppoSAX 7 h after the event within the error box as determined with the Wide Field Cameras. Its peak flux is (1.4 +/- 0.2) X 10**-12 erg/s/cm**2 (2 to 10 keV). The afterglow decayed according to a power law function with an index of -1.35 +/- 0.03. GRB 980329 is characterized by being bright and hard, and lacking strong spectral evolution.

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