Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 11 figures, to appears in the proceedings of "The 6th INTEGRAL Workshop - The Obscured Universe", Moscow, 2006, ESA S
Scientific paper
The luminosity and the spectral distribution of the afterglow of GRB 031203 have been presented within our theoretical framework, which envisages the GRB structure as composed by a proper-GRB, emitted at the transparency of an electron-positron plasma with suitable baryon loading, and an afterglow comprising the "prompt emission" as due to external shocks. In addition to the GRB emission, there appears to be a prolonged soft X-Ray emission lasting for 10^6-10^7 seconds followed by an exponential decay. This additional source has been called by us URCA-3. It is urgent to establish if this component is related to the GRB or to the Supernova (SN). In this second case, there are two possibilities: either the interaction of the SN ejecta with the interstellar medium or, possibly, the cooling of a young neutron star formed in the SN 2003lw process. The analogies and the differences between this triptych GRB 031203 / SN 2003lw / URCA-3 and the corresponding ones GRB 980425 / SN 1998bw / URCA-1 and GRB 030329 / SN 2003dh / URCA-2, as well as GRB 060218 / SN 2006aj are discussed.
Bianco Carlo Luciano
Caito Letizia
Chardonnet Pascal
Fraschetti Federico
Giovanna Dainotti Maria
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