The Strongly Polarized Afterglow of GRB 020405

Details The Strongly Polarized Afterglow of GRB 020405 The Strongly Polarized Afterglow of GRB 020405

2002-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206465v1

Astrophys.J. 583 (2003) L63-L66

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/368158

We report polarization measurements and photometry for the optical afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 020405. We measured a highly significant 9.9% polarization (in V band) 1.3 days after the burst and argue that it is intrinsic to the GRB. The light curve decay is well fitted by a $t^{-1.72}$ power-law; we do not see any evidence for a break between 1.24 and 4.3 days after the burst. We discuss these measurements in the light of several models of GRB afterglows.

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