Millimeter Observations of GRB 030329: Continued Evidence for a Two-Component Jet

  • Sheth K
  • Frail D
  • White S
  • et al.
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We present the results of a dedicated campaign on the afterglow of GRB 030329 with the millimeter interferometers of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) and the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association (BIMA), and with the MAMBO-2 bolometer array on the IRAM 30 m telescope. These observations allow us to trace the full evolution of the afterglow of GRB 030329 at frequencies of 100 and 250 GHz for the first time, The millimeter light curves exhibit two main features: a bright, constant flux density portion and a steep power-law decline. The absence of bright, short-lived millimeter emission is used to show that the GRB central engine was not actively injecting energy well after the burst. The millimeter data support a model, advocated by Berger et al., of a two-component jetlike outflow in which a narrow-angle jet is responsible for the high-energy emission and early optical afterglow, and a wide-angle jet carrying most of the energy is powering the radio and late optical afterglow emission.

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Sheth, K., Frail, D. A., White, S., Das, M., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., … Berger, E. (2003). Millimeter Observations of GRB 030329: Continued Evidence for a Two-Component Jet. The Astrophysical Journal, 595(1), L33–L36. https://doi.org/10.1086/378933

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