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    Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows as Probes of Environment and Blast Wave Physics. II. The Distribution of p and Structure of the Circumburst Medium

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    Starling, R.
    van der Horst, A.
    Rol, E.
    Wijers, R.
    Kouveliotou, C.
    Wiersema, K.
    Curran, Peter
    Weltevrede, P.
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Starling, R. and van der Horst, A. and Rol, E. and Wijers, R. and Kouveliotou, C. and Wiersema, K. and Curran, P. et al. 2008. Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows as Probes of Environment and Blast Wave Physics. II. The Distribution of p and Structure of the Circumburst Medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 672: pp. 433-442.
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    The Astrophysical Journal
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    http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/672/1/433/pdf/71979.web.pdf
    ISSN
    0004637X
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23089
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    Abstract

    We constrain blast wave parameters and the circumburst media of a subsample of 10 BeppoSAX gamma-ray bursts(GRBs). For this sample we derive the values of the injected electron energy distribution index, p, and the densitystructure index of the circumburst medium, k, from simultaneous spectral fits to their X-ray, optical, and NIR afterglowdata. The spectral fits have been done in count space and include the effects of metallicity, and are comparedwith the previously reported optical and X-ray temporal behavior. Using the blast wave model and some assumptionswhich include on-axis viewing and standard jet structure, constant blast wave energy, and no evolution of themicrophysical parameters, we find a mean value of p for the sample as a whole of 2:04þ0:020:03. A statistical analysis ofthe distribution demonstrates that the p-values in this sample are inconsistent with a single universal value for p at the3 level or greater, which has significant implications for particle acceleration models. This approach provides uswith a measured distribution of circumburst density structures rather than considering only the cases of k ¼ 0 (homogeneous)and k ¼ 2 (windlike).We find five GRBs for which k can be well constrained, and in four of these cases thecircumburst medium is clearly windlike. The fifth source has a value of 0 k 1, consistent with a homogeneouscircumburst medium.

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