GRBs with no afterglow even in the Swift Era?

L. Vetere, D. N. Burrows, N. Gehrels, P. Meszaros, D. C. Morris, J. L. Racusin

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Abstract

Three years after its launch Swift has successfully localized and observed a few hundred GRBs. Its well-known speed in slewing to the source has led to great discoveries such as the flaring activities in early X-ray afterglows and the detection of Short GRB afterglows. In a few cases, mainly Short GRBs or late observations, XRT did not detect any emission. However, for six Long GRBs XRT could not measure any X-afterglow either, even as early as 100 s after the BAT trigger. In this paper we present a study of these unusual events. We analyse their peculiar behaviour in the Gamma and X-ray bands and discuss their singular origin.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGamma-Ray Bursts 2007 - Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference
Pages191-195
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventSanta Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007 - Santa Fe, NM, United States
Duration: Nov 5 2007Nov 9 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1000
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherSanta Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Fe, NM
Period11/5/0711/9/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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