Swift Observations of GRB 050128: The Early X-Ray Afterglow

  • Campana S
  • Antonelli L
  • Chincarini G
  • et al.
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Abstract

Swift discovered GRB 050128 with the Burst Alert Telescope and promptly pointed its narrow field instruments to monitor the afterglow. X-ray observations started 108 s after the trigger time. The early decay of the afterglow is relatively flat, with a temporal decay modeled with a power-law index of ∼-0.3. A steepening occurs at later times (∼1500 s) with a power-law index of ∼-1.3. During this transition, the observed X-ray spectrum does not change. We interpret this behavior as either an early jet break or evidence of a transition from the fast cooling regime to the slow cooling regime in a wind environment. © 2005. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Campana, S., Antonelli, L. A., Chincarini, G., Covino, S., Cusumano, G., Malesani, D., … Gehrels, N. (2005). Swift Observations of GRB 050128: The Early X-Ray Afterglow. The Astrophysical Journal, 625(1), L23–L26. https://doi.org/10.1086/430883

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