Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow

N. Masetti; C. Bartolini; S. Bernabei; A. Guarnieri; E. Palazzi; E. Pian; A. Piccioni; A.J. Castro-Tirado; J.M.C. Ceron; L. Verdes-Montenegro; R. Sagar; V. Mohan; A.K. Pandey; S.B. Pandey; H. Bock; J. Greiner; S. Benetti; R.A.M.J. Wijers; G.M. Beskin; J. Gorosabel

Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow

N. Masetti
, C. Bartolini
, S. Bernabei
, A. Guarnieri
, E. Palazzi
, E. Pian
, A. Piccioni
, A.J. Castro-Tirado
, J.M.C. Ceron
, L. Verdes-Montenegro
, R. Sagar
, V. Mohan
, A.K. Pandey
, S.B. Pandey
, H. Bock
, J. Greiner
, S. Benetti
, R.A.M.J. Wijers
, G.M. Beskin
, J. Gorosabel

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Abstract

We present BVRI light curves of the afterglow of GRB000301C, one of the brightest ever detected at a day time scale interval after GRB trigger. The monitoring started 1.5 days after the GRB and ended one month later. Inspection of the extremely well sampled R band light curve and comparison with BVI data has revealed complex behavior, with a long term flux decrease and various short time scale features superimposed. These features are uncommon among other observed afterglows. and might trace either intrinsic variability within the relativistic shock (re-acceleration and re-energization) or inhomogeneities in the medium in which the shock propagates.

Original language	English
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	359
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	L23-L26
ISSN	0004-6361
Publication status	Published - 2000

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Masetti, N., Bartolini, C., Bernabei, S., Guarnieri, A., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Piccioni, A., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Ceron, J. M. C., Verdes-Montenegro, L., Sagar, R., Mohan, V., Pandey, A. K., Pandey, S. B., Bock, H., Greiner, J., Benetti, S., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Beskin, G. M., & Gorosabel, J. (2000). Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 359(3), L23-L26.

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AU - Sagar, R.

AU - Mohan, V.

AU - Pandey, A.K.

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AU - Bock, H.

AU - Greiner, J.

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Unusually rapid variability of the GRB000301C optical afterglow

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