0 v 2 6 N ov 1 99 8 Diverse Temporal Properties of GRB Afterglow
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The detection of delayed X-ray, optical and radio emission, " afterglow " , associated with γ-ray bursts (GRBs) is consistent with fireball models, where the emission are produced by relativistic expanding blast wave, driven by expanding fireball at cosmogical distances. The emission mechanisms of GRB afterglow have been discussed by many authors and synchrotron radiation is believed to be the main mechanism. The observations show that the optical light curves of two observed gamma-ray bursts, GRB970228 and GRB GRB970508, can be described by a simple power law, which seems to support the synchrotron radiation explanation. However, here we shall show that under some circumstances, the inverse Compton scattering (ICS) may play an important role in emission spectrum and this may influence the temporal properties of GRB afterglow. We expect that the light curves of GRB afterglow may consist of multi-components, which depends on the fireball parameters.
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D ec 1 99 7 Diverse Temporal Properties of GRB Afterglow
The detection of delayed X-ray, optical and radio emission, " afterglow " , associated with γ-ray bursts (GRBs) is consistent with fireball models, where the emission are produced by relativistic expanding blast wave, driven by expanding fireball at cosmogical distances. However, observations show that the temporal features of GRB afterglow are diverse, for GRB970508 the optical light curve can...
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