The Optical Luminosity–Time Correlation for More than 100 Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-21-2020
Publication Title
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume
905
Issue
2
First page number:
1
Last page number:
8
Abstract
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are fascinating events due to their panchromatic nature. Their afterglow emission is observed from sub-TeV energies to radio wavelengths. We investigate GRBs that present an optical plateau, leveraging on the resemblance with the X-ray plateau shown in many GRB light curves (LCs). We comprehensively analyze all published GRBs with known redshifts and optical plateau observed mostly by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift). We fit 267 optical LCs and show the existence of the plateau in 102 cases, which is the largest compilation so far of optical plateaus. For 56 Swift GRBs with optical and X-ray plateaus, we compare the rest-frame end time at both wavelengths... (See full abstract in article).
Disciplines
Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy
Language
English
Repository Citation
Dainotti, M. G.,
Livermore, S.,
Kann, D. A.,
Li, L.,
Oates, S.,
Yi, S.,
Zhang, B.,
Gendre, B.,
Cenko, B.,
Fraija, N.
(2020).
The Optical Luminosity–Time Correlation for More than 100 Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows.
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 905(2),
1-8.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abcda9