Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-15
Astrophys.J. 617 (2004) 1251-1257
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 5 figures, to be published in ApJ 617, no. 2 (10 December 2004). Referee comments have been incorporated; results of
Scientific paper
10.1086/423923
An exceptionally intense gamma-ray burst, GRB030329, was detected and localized by the instruments on board the High Energy Transient Explorer satellite (HETE) at 11:37:14 UT on 29 March 2003. The burst consisted of two \~10s pulses of roughly equal brightness and an X-ray tail lasting >100s. The energy fluence in the 30-400 keV energy band was 1.08e-4 erg/cm2, making GRB030329 one of the brightest GRBs ever detected. Communication of a 2 arcmin error box 73 minutes after the burst allowed the rapid detection of a counterpart in the optical, X-ray, radio and the ensuing discovery of a supernova with most unusual characteristics. Analyses of the burst lightcurves reveal the presence of a distinct, bright, soft X-ray component underlying the main GRB: the 2-10 keV fluence of this component is ~7e-6 erg/cm2. The main pulses of GRB030329 were preceded by two soft, faint, non-thermal bumps. We present details of the HETE observations of GRB030329.
Atteia Jean-Luc
Barraud Celine
Boer Michel
Braga Jaoa
Butler Nat
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