GRB and Environment Interaction

Details GRB and Environment Interaction GRB and Environment Interaction

2001-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103204v1

AIP Conf.Proc. 586 (2001) 587-594

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Based on invited talks at the 20th Texas Symp. on Relativistic Astrophysics, Austin, Texas, Dec. 2000; and at the 2nd Rome Wor

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1419618

We discuss three aspects of the interaction between GRB and their surroundings. The illumination of the progenitor remnant and/or the surroundings by the X-ray afterglow continuum can produce substantial Fe K-alpha line and edge emission, with implications for the progenitor model. The presence of large dust column densities, capable of obscuring the GRB optical afterglow, will lead to characteristic delayed X-ray and far-IR light curve signatures. Pair production induced by the initial gamma-rays in the nearby environment will modify the initial spectrum and the afterglow light curve, and the magnitude of these changes provides a diagnostic for the external density.

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