Four years after the launch the Swift satellite the nature of the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) broadband afterglow behaviour is still an open issue. The standard external shock fireball model cannot easily explain the combined temporal and spectral properties of optical to X-ray afterglows. We analysed the rest frame de-absorbed and K-corrected optical and X-ray light curves of a sample of 33 GRBs with known redshift and optical extinction at the host frame. We modelled their broadband behaviour as the sum of the standard forward shock emission due to the interaction of a fireball with the circum-burst medium and an additional component. This description provides a good agreement with the observed light curves despite their complexity and diversity and can also account for the lack of achromatic late times jet breaks and the presence of chromatic breaks in several GRBs lightcurves. In order to test the predictions of such modelling we analysed the X-ray time resolved spectra searching for possible spectral breaks within the observed XRT energy band, finding seven GRBs showing such a break. The optical to X-ray SED evolution of these GRBs are consistent with what expected by our interpretation. © 2010 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Nardini, M., Ghisellini, G., Ghirlanda, G., Celotti, A. (2011). Testing an unifying view of Gamma Ray Burst afterglows. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 47(8), 1407-1412 [10.1016/j.asr.2010.07.010].

Testing an unifying view of Gamma Ray Burst afterglows

NARDINI, MARCO;Ghirlanda, G;
2011

Abstract

Four years after the launch the Swift satellite the nature of the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) broadband afterglow behaviour is still an open issue. The standard external shock fireball model cannot easily explain the combined temporal and spectral properties of optical to X-ray afterglows. We analysed the rest frame de-absorbed and K-corrected optical and X-ray light curves of a sample of 33 GRBs with known redshift and optical extinction at the host frame. We modelled their broadband behaviour as the sum of the standard forward shock emission due to the interaction of a fireball with the circum-burst medium and an additional component. This description provides a good agreement with the observed light curves despite their complexity and diversity and can also account for the lack of achromatic late times jet breaks and the presence of chromatic breaks in several GRBs lightcurves. In order to test the predictions of such modelling we analysed the X-ray time resolved spectra searching for possible spectral breaks within the observed XRT energy band, finding seven GRBs showing such a break. The optical to X-ray SED evolution of these GRBs are consistent with what expected by our interpretation. © 2010 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Gamma Ray Bursts
English
2011
47
8
1407
1412
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Nardini, M., Ghisellini, G., Ghirlanda, G., Celotti, A. (2011). Testing an unifying view of Gamma Ray Burst afterglows. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 47(8), 1407-1412 [10.1016/j.asr.2010.07.010].
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