Bibcode
Pandey, S. B.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Jelínek, M.; Kamble, A. P.; Gorosabel, J.; de Ugarte Postigo, A.; Prins, S.; Oreiro, R.; Chantry, V.; Trushkin, S.; Bremer, M.; Winters, J. M.; Pozanenko, A.; Krugly, Yu.; Slyusarev, I.; Kornienko, G.; Erofeeva, A.; Misra, K.; Ramprakash, A. N.; Mohan, V.; Bhattacharya, D.; Volnova, A.; Plá, J.; Ibrahimov, M.; Im, M.; Volvach, A.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 504, Issue 1, 2009, pp.45-51
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2009
Journal
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23
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Description
Context: We present observations of the GRB 080319B afterglow at
optical, mm, and radio frequencies between a few hours and 67 days after
the burst. Aims: We attempt to understand the nature of this
extraordinarily bright explosion based on the observed properties and
its comparison with afterglow models. Methods: Our observations
and other published multiwavelength data were used to reconstruct the
light curves and spectral energy distributions of the burst afterglow.
Results: Our results indicate that the observed features of the
afterglow agrees equally well with the inter stellar matter and the
stellar wind density profiles of the circumburst medium. In the case of
both density profiles, the maximum synchrotron frequency
νm is below optical value and the cooling break frequency
νc is below X-rays, ~104 s after the burst. The
derived value of the Lorentz factor at the time of naked-eye brightness
is also ~300 for a corresponding blast-wave size of ~1018 cm.
Conclusions: The numerical fit to the multiwavelength afterglow
data constraints the values of physical parameters and the emission
mechanism of the burst.
Based on observations obtained with the 0.22 m telescope at Russia the
0.7 m telescope at of Kharkov University, Ukraine, the 0.8 m telescope
at Observatorio del Teide (IAC-80), Spain the 1.2 m Mercator telescope
at La Palma, Spain, the 1.5 m telescope of Maidanak observatory
Uzbekistan, the 2.0 m IGO Telescope at IUCAA Pune, India, the 2.5 m NOT,
the PdB millimeter interferometric array France, the RATAN-600 Radio
Telescope at Russia and the RT-22 radio telescope of CrAO, Ukraine.