GCN Circular 6935
Subject
GRB 071010B: Light Curve Break Confirmed
Date
2007-10-18T22:28:48Z (17 years ago)
From
Alexander Kann at TLS Tautenburg <kann@tls-tautenburg.de>
D. A. Kann, U. Laux, R. Filgas (TLS Tautenburg), A. Oksanen (Hankasalmi
Observatory, Hankasalmi, Finland), S. Covino (Brera), V. D'Elia (Rome), V.
Lorenzi (INAF/TNG), R. Decarli (Como), and J. Kotilainen (Tuorla Observatory,
University of Turku) report:
At 7 days after the GRB, we obtained further Rc band imaging of the GRB
071010B (Markwardt et al., GCN 6871) afterglow (Oksanen, GCN 6873). We
obtained a single 600 second image with the Tautenburg 1.34m Schmidt
telescope under bad conditions (passing clouds, high humidity, wind). The
afterglow is only faintly detected. Furthermore, we obtained 5 x 180 sec
images with the TNG telescope in La Palma. The afterglow is clearly
detected in each image and there is no evidence for underlying extended
emission. Finally, at dawn, we obtained 4 x 100 sec Rc images with the
NOT.
Using the same comparison stars as Kann, Hoegner & Filgas (GCN 6918), we
derive the following magnitude:
Date Mid-Time Rc dRc Exposure Telescope
18.10966 7.24453 21.593 0.244 1 x 600 TLS
18.20581 7.34069 21.801 0.028 5 x 180 TNG
18.26479 7.39966 21.756 0.106 4 x 100 NOT
These values confirm the light curve break first reported by Kann, Laux &
Filgas (GCN 6923). Using all data available so far (see GCN 6918 and GCN
6923 for references), we find preliminary fit results for data after 0.05 days:
alpha_1 = 0.56 +/- 0.01, alpha_2 = 1.46 +/- 0.10, t_b = 3.44 +/- 0.39
days.
The post-break slope is still quite shallow, leaving open if this was a
jet break or not. We note that the first break at 0.049 days (GCN 6918)
has Delta alpha ~ 0.26 and therefore may be a cooling break.
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[GCN OPS NOTE(19oct07): Per author's request, JK was added to the author list.]