Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows with Energy Injection: Homogeneous versus Wind External Media

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  • 18 March 2001
Abstract
The abstract goes here: Assuming an adiabatic evolution of a gamma-ray burst (hereafter GRB) fireball interacting with an external medium, we calculate the hydrodynamics of the fireball with energy injection from a strongly magnetic millisecond pulsar through magnetic dipole radiation, and we obtain the light curve of the optical afterglow from the fireball by synchrotron radiation. Results are given both for a homogeneous external medium and for a wind ejected by GRB progenitor. Our calculations are also available in both ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic phases. Furthermore, the observed R-band light curve of GRB{000301C} can be well fitted in our model, which might provide a probe of the properties of GRB progenitors.

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