Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow
| dc.creator | Masetti, N. | |
| dc.date | 2000-04-13 | |
| dc.date | 2000-06-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:53:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:53:08Z | |
| dc.description | We present BVRI light curves of the afterglow of GRB000301C, one of the brightest ever detected at a day time scale interval after GRB trigger. The monitoring started 1.5 days after the GRB and ended one month later. Inspection of the extremely well sampled R band light curve and comparison with BVI data has revealed a complex behavior, with a long term flux decrease and various short time scale features superimposed. These are uncommon among other observed afterglows, and might trace either intrinsic variability within the relativistic shock (re-acceleration and re-energization) or inhomogeneities in the medium in which the shock propagates. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, Latex, 2 PostScript figures, references added, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0004186 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0004186 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/861 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow | |
| dc.type | text |