Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-04
Astrophys.J. 521 (1999) L111-L115
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted to The Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 14 pages, LaTeX
Scientific paper
10.1086/312203
At the time of its discovery, the optical and X-ray afterglow of GRB 970228 appeared to be a ringing endorsement of the previously untried relativistic fireball model of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows, but now that nearly a dozen optical afterglows to GRBs have been observed, the wavering light curve and reddening spectrum of this afterglow make it perhaps the most difficult of the observed afterglows to reconcile with the fireball model. In this Letter, we argue that this afterglow's unusual temporal and spectral properties can be attributed to a supernova that overtook the light curve nearly two weeks after the GRB. This is the strongest case yet for a GRB/supernova connection. It strengthens the case that a supernova also dominated the late afterglow of GRB 980326, and the case that GRB 980425 is related to SN 1998bw.
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