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2003ApJ...597.1010B - Astrophys. J., 597, 1010-1016 (2003/November-2)

The X-ray afterglows of GRB 020813 and GRB 021004 with Chandra HETGS: possible evidence for a supernova prior to GRB 020813.

BUTLER N.R., MARSHALL H.L., RICKER G.R., VANDERSPEK R.K., FORD P.G., CREW G.B., LAMB D.Q. and JERNIGAN J.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the detection of an emission line near 1.3 keV, which we associate with blueshifted hydrogen-like sulfur (S XVI), in a 76.8 ks Chandra HETGS spectrum of the afterglow of GRB 020813. The line is detected at 3.3 σ significance. We also find marginal evidence for a line possibly due to hydrogen-like silicon (Si XIV) with the same blueshift. A line from Fe is not detected, although a very low significance Ni feature may be present. A thermal model fits the data adequately, but a reflection model may provide a better fit. There is marginal evidence that the equivalent width of the S XVI line decreases as the burst fades. We infer from these results that a supernova likely occurred ≳2 months prior to the γ-ray burst. We find no discrete or variable spectral features in the Chandra HETGS spectrum of the GRB 021004 afterglow.

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Journal keyword(s): Gamma Rays: Bursts - Stars: Supernovae: General - X-Rays: General

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