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The bright optical afterglow of the nearby γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003

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  • P. A. Price

    (RSAA, ANU, Mt Stromlo Observatory)

  • D. W. Fox

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • S. R. Kulkarni

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • B. A. Peterson

    (RSAA, ANU, Mt Stromlo Observatory)

  • B. P. Schmidt

    (RSAA, ANU, Mt Stromlo Observatory)

  • A. M. Soderberg

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • S. A. Yost

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • E. Berger

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • S. G. Djorgovski

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • D. A. Frail

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • F. A. Harrison

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • R. Sari

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • A. W. Blain

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • S. C. Chapman

    (California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Past studies of cosmological γ-ray bursts (GRBs) have been hampered by their extreme distances, resulting in faint afterglows. A nearby GRB could potentially shed much light on the origin of these events, but GRBs with a redshift z ≤ 0.2 have been estimated to occur only rarely, about once per decade1. Here we report the discovery of the bright optical afterglow emission from the burst of 29 March 2003 (GRB030329; ref. 2). The brightness of the afterglow and the prompt report3 of its position resulted in extensive follow-up observations at many wavelengths, along with the measurement of the redshift, z = 0.169 (ref. 4). The γ-ray and afterglow properties of GRB030329 are similar to those of GRBs at cosmological redshifts. Observations have already identified the progenitor as a massive star that exploded as a supernova5,6.

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  • P. A. Price & D. W. Fox & S. R. Kulkarni & B. A. Peterson & B. P. Schmidt & A. M. Soderberg & S. A. Yost & E. Berger & S. G. Djorgovski & D. A. Frail & F. A. Harrison & R. Sari & A. W. Blain & S. C. C, 2003. "The bright optical afterglow of the nearby γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003," Nature, Nature, vol. 423(6942), pages 844-847, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:423:y:2003:i:6942:d:10.1038_nature01734
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01734
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