Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-10-22
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 330 (2002) 383
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 8 postscript figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05064.x
We investigate through dedicated numerical simulations the evolution of the soft X-ray absorption properties of a cloud surrounding a gamma-ray burst source. We show that the absorption properties of the material are strongly modified by the ionization induced by the intense burst flux. We derive the temporal evolution of the measured column density as a function of the density and size of the absorbing medium. Even if their statistical significance is not extremely compelling, we find that the detection in several bursts of variable absorption during the gamma-ray phase can be accounted for if these bursts are associated to overdense regions in molecular clouds with properties similar to those of star formation globules. We fit our model variable column density to the data of GRB 980329 and GRB 780506, showing that with this method the size, density and density distribution of the material surrounding a burst can be measured.
Lazzati Davide
Perna Rosalba
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