The radio to X-ray spectrum of GRB 970508 on May 21.0 UT

Details The radio to X-ray spectrum of GRB 970508 on May 21.0 UT The radio to X-ray spectrum of GRB 970508 on May 21.0 UT

1998-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804191v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Paper II. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/311425

We have reconstructed the spectrum of the afterglow of GRB 970508, on May 21.0 UT (12.1 days after the GRB), on the basis of observations spanning the X-ray to radio range. The low-frequency power law index of the spectrum, $\alpha=0.44\pm0.07$ ($F_\nu\propto\nu^\alpha$), is in agreement with the expected value $\alpha=1/3$ for optically thin synchrotron radiation. The 1.4 GHz emission is self-absorbed. We infer constraints on the break frequecies $\nu_{c}$ and $\nu_{m}$ on May 21.0 UT from a spectral transition from $F_{\nu} \sim \nu^{-0.6}$ to $F_{\nu} \sim \nu^{-1.1}$ in the optical passband around 1.4 days. A model of an adiabatically expanding blast wave, emitting synchrotron radiation, in which a significant fraction of the electrons cool rapidly provides a successful and consistent description of the afterglow observations over nine decades in frequency, ranging in time from trigger until several months later.

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