Gamma-ray burst afterglows

JV Paradijs, C Kouveliotou… - Annual review of …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The discovery of counterparts in X-ray and optical to radio wavelengths has
revolutionized the study of γ-ray bursts, until recently the most enigmatic of astrophysical …

Beaming in gamma-ray bursts: evidence for a standard energy reservoir

DA Frail, SR Kulkarni, R Sari… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive sample of all gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows with known
distances, and we derive their conical opening angles based on observed broadband …

On the synchrotron self-Compton emission from relativistic shocks and its implications for gamma-ray burst afterglows

R Sari, AA Esin - The Astrophysical Journal, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
We consider the effects of inverse Compton scattering of synchrotron photons from
relativistic electrons in γ-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. We compute the spectrum of the inverse …

Properties of relativistic jets in gamma-ray burst afterglows

A Panaitescu, P Kumar - The Astrophysical Journal, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
We extend our calculation of physical parameters of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets by
modeling the broadband emission of the afterglows 970508, 980519, 991208, 000926 …

Predictions for the very early afterglow and the optical flash

T Piran - The Astrophysical Journal, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
According to the internal-external shocks model for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the GRB is
produced by internal shocks within a relativistic flow while the afterglow is produced by …

Wind interaction models for gamma-ray burst afterglows: the case for two types of progenitors

RA Chevalier, ZY Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Beginning with the γ-ray bursts GRB 970228 and GRB 970508, a standard model for the
interpretation of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows emerged involving synchrotron emission …

Particle acceleration at ultrarelativistic shocks: an eigenfunction method

JG Kirk, AW Guthmann, YA Gallant… - The Astrophysical …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We extend the eigenfunction method of computing the power-law spectrum of particles
accelerated at a relativistic shock front to apply to shocks of arbitrarily high Lorentz factor. In …

Physical parameters of GRB 970508 and GRB 971214 from their afterglow synchrotron emission

R Wijers, TJ Galama - The Astrophysical Journal, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We have calculated synchrotron spectra of relativistic blast waves and find predicted
characteristic frequencies that are more than an order of magnitude different from previous …

A 450 day light curve of the radio afterglow of GRB 970508: fireball calorimetry

DA Frail, E Waxman, SR Kulkarni - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the results of an extensive monitoring campaign of the radio afterglow of GRB
970508, lasting 450 days after the burst. The spectral and temporal radio behavior indicate …

Prompt and delayed emission properties of gamma-ray bursts observed with BeppoSAX

F Frontera, L Amati, E Costa, JM Muller… - The Astrophysical …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the spectral evolution in the 2–700 keV energy band of gamma-ray bursts
(GRBs) detected by the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) and localized with the Wide …