Search for GRB X-ray afterglows in the ROSAT all-sky survey

Simple item page
dc.creatorGreiner, J.
dc.creatorHartmann, D. H.
dc.creatorVoges, W.
dc.creatorBoller, Th.
dc.creatorSchwarz, R.
dc.creatorZharikov, S.
dc.date1999-10-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:33:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:33:54Z
dc.descriptionWe describe a search for X-ray afterglows from gamma-ray bursts using the ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS) data. If the emission in the soft X-ray band is significantly less beamed than in the gamma-ray band, we expect to detect many afterglows in the RASS. We found 23 afterglow candidates, where about 4 detections are predicted. However, follow-up spectroscopy of several counterpart candidates strongly suggests a flare star origin of the RASS events in many cases. We conclude that the RASS data are consistent with comparable beaming angles in the X-ray (within a few hours of the burst) and gamma-ray bands. However, models predicting a large amount of energy emerging as a nearly isotropic X-ray component of the early afterglow are severely constrained by the ROSAT data. In particular, a so far undetected class of ``dirty fireballs'' and delayed ``rebursts'' are constrained.
dc.description12 pages with aa.sty and 6 Figs; (to appear in AA); also available from http://www.aip.de/~jcg/publis.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910300
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910300
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/15030
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSearch for GRB X-ray afterglows in the ROSAT all-sky survey
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv