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Article: Afterglow emission from highly collimated jets with flat electron spectra: Application to the GRB 010222 case?

TitleAfterglow emission from highly collimated jets with flat electron spectra: Application to the GRB 010222 case?
Authors
KeywordsGamma rays: Bursts
Relativity
Shock waves
Issue Date2001
PublisherInstitute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205
Citation
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2001, v. 558 n. 2 PART 2, p. L109-L112 How to Cite?
AbstractWe derive light curves of the afterglow emission from highly collimated jets if the power-law index (p) of the electron energy distribution is above 1 but below 2. We find the following: (1) Below the characteristic synchrotron frequency, the light-curve index depends generally on p. (2) As long as the jet expansion is spherical, the light-curve index above the characteristic frequency increases slowly as the spectral index of the emission increases. (3) Once the jet enters the spreading phase, the high-frequency emission flux decays as proportional to t -(p+6)/4 rather than proportional to t -p. All these results differ from those in the case of p > 2. We compare our analytical results with the observations on the GRB 010222 afterglow and conclude that the jet model may be unable to explain the observed data. Thus, a more promising explanation for this afterglow seems to be the expansion of a relativistic fireball or a mildly collimated jet in a dense medium.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/43332
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dc.contributor.authorCheng, KSen_HK
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dc.description.abstractWe derive light curves of the afterglow emission from highly collimated jets if the power-law index (p) of the electron energy distribution is above 1 but below 2. We find the following: (1) Below the characteristic synchrotron frequency, the light-curve index depends generally on p. (2) As long as the jet expansion is spherical, the light-curve index above the characteristic frequency increases slowly as the spectral index of the emission increases. (3) Once the jet enters the spreading phase, the high-frequency emission flux decays as proportional to t -(p+6)/4 rather than proportional to t -p. All these results differ from those in the case of p > 2. We compare our analytical results with the observations on the GRB 010222 afterglow and conclude that the jet model may be unable to explain the observed data. Thus, a more promising explanation for this afterglow seems to be the expansion of a relativistic fireball or a mildly collimated jet in a dense medium.en_HK
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dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205en_HK
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dc.rightsThe Astrophysical Journal. Copyright © University of Chicago Press.en_HK
dc.subjectGamma rays: Burstsen_HK
dc.subjectRelativityen_HK
dc.subjectShock wavesen_HK
dc.titleAfterglow emission from highly collimated jets with flat electron spectra: Application to the GRB 010222 case?en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailCheng, KS: hrspksc@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1086/323566en_HK
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