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

M De Pasquale ,S R Oates ,A P Beardmore ,K L Page ,Silvia Zane ,M J Page ,K O’mason ,David N Burrows ,David M Palmer ,N Gehrels ,J A Nousek ,P W A Roming ,Paul A Price ,Bing Zhang ,Scott D Barthelmy ,P T Boyd ,R Fink ,Shiho Kobayashi ,R Mcnought ,Bruce A Peterson ,Jeffrey A Rich ,Stefan Rosén ,Takanori Sakamoto ,Brian P Schmidt ,Jack Tueller ,Alan A Wells ,H Ziaeepour ,K E Mcgowan ,T S Poole ,A D Falcone ,A J Blustin

doi:10.1393/ncb/i2007-10292-y

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

M De Pasquale , S R Oates + Show 29 more

https://doi.org/10.1393/ncb/i2007-10292-y

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Journal: Il Nuovo Cimento B

Publication Date: Jan 11, 2017

Affiliation: University of Leicester, University College London, Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Hawaii System

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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.

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