Energy injection in GRB afterglows: The case of Swift GRBs 050401, 050801 and 050802

DE PASQUALE, Massımılıano; Oates, S.; Beardmore, A.; Page, K.; Blustin, A.; Zane, S.; Page, M.; O'Mason, K.; Burrows, D.; Palmer, D.; Gehrels, N.; Nousek, J.; Roming, P.; Price, P.; Zhang, B.; Barthelmy, S.; Boyd, P.; Fink, R.; Kobayashi, S.; McNought, R.; Peterson, B.; Rich, J.; Rosen, S.; Sakamoto, T.; Schmidt, B.; Tueller, J.; Wells, A.; Ziaeepour, H.; McGowan, K.; Poole, T.; Falcone, A.; Blustin, A.

doi:10.1393/neb/i2007-10292-y

Energy injection in GRB afterglows: The case of Swift GRBs 050401, 050801 and 050802

DE PASQUALE M., Oates S., Beardmore A., Page K., Blustin A., Zane S., ...More

NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS, vol.121, no.12, pp.1471-1473, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 121 Issue: 12
Publication Date: 2006
Doi Number: 10.1393/neb/i2007-10292-y
Journal Name: NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
Page Numbers: pp.1471-1473
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Swift unprecedented fast follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts have allowed us to discover a new feature of GRB afterglows: a phase of shallow decay, usually attributed to energy injection in the burst ejecta, which can last for several thousands of seconds both in the X-ray and optical bands. Here I discuss this phase in the case of Swift GRBs 050401, 050801 and 050802.