The superluminal motion of Gamma-Ray-Burst sources and the complex afterglow of GRB 030329

dc.creatorDado, Shlomo
dc.creatorDar, Arnon
dc.creatorDe Rujula, A.
dc.date2004-02-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:12:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:12:18Z
dc.descriptionThe source of the very bright Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 030329 is close enough to us for there to be a hope to measure or significantly constrain its putative superluminal motion. Such a phenomenon is expected in the ``Cannonball'' (CB) model of GRBs. Recent precise data on the optical and radio afterglow of this GRB --which demonstrated its very complex structure-- allow us to pin down the CB-model's prediction for the afterglow-source position as a function of time. It has been stated that (the unpublished part of) the new radio data ``unequivocably disprove'' the CB model. We show how greatly exaggerated that obituary announcement was, and how precise a refined analysis of the data would have to be, to be still of interest.
dc.description21 pages plus 11 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402374
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402374
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7408
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe superluminal motion of Gamma-Ray-Burst sources and the complex afterglow of GRB 030329
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