Early steep optical decay linked to reverse shock for GRB200131A

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Hauptverfasser: Jelínek, Martin, Novotný, Filip, Klose, Sylvio, Stecklum, Bringfried, Maleňáková, Alžběta, Štrobl, Jan
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author Jelínek, Martin
Novotný, Filip
Klose, Sylvio
Stecklum, Bringfried
Maleňáková, Alžběta
Štrobl, Jan
author_facet Jelínek, Martin
Novotný, Filip
Klose, Sylvio
Stecklum, Bringfried
Maleňáková, Alžběta
Štrobl, Jan
contents We observed an optical afterglow of GRB 200131A obtaining the first photometric point 63 s after the satellite trigger. This early observation shows a steep decay, suggesting either internal engine activity or a reverse shock. By fitting this data set, we show that the early data fit well as a reverse shock component of the GRB afterglow modeled as a thin shell expanding into a constant density interstellar matter. The fitting also shows a good agreement with a catalogued Milky Way galactic extinction and leaves only little space for further extinction in the host galaxy. By judging several factors we conclude that the most likely redshift of this GRB is 0.9 +/- 0.1.
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spellingShingle Early steep optical decay linked to reverse shock for GRB200131A
Jelínek, Martin
Novotný, Filip
Klose, Sylvio
Stecklum, Bringfried
Maleňáková, Alžběta
Štrobl, Jan
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We observed an optical afterglow of GRB 200131A obtaining the first photometric point 63 s after the satellite trigger. This early observation shows a steep decay, suggesting either internal engine activity or a reverse shock. By fitting this data set, we show that the early data fit well as a reverse shock component of the GRB afterglow modeled as a thin shell expanding into a constant density interstellar matter. The fitting also shows a good agreement with a catalogued Milky Way galactic extinction and leaves only little space for further extinction in the host galaxy. By judging several factors we conclude that the most likely redshift of this GRB is 0.9 +/- 0.1.
title Early steep optical decay linked to reverse shock for GRB200131A
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01893