Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Rocking the BOAT: the ups and downs of the long-term radio light curve for GRB 221009A. |
| Authors: |
Rhodes, L, van der Horst, A J, Bright, J S, Leung, J K, Anderson, G E, Fender, R, Fernandez, J F Agüí, Bremer, M, Chandra, P, Dobie, D, Farah, W, Giarratana, S, Gourdji, K, Green, D A, Lenc, E, Michałowski, M J, Murphy, T, Nayana, A J, Pollak, A W, Rowlinson, A |
| Source: |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Oct2024, Vol. 533 Issue 4, p4435-4449, 15p |
| Subject Terms: |
LIGHT curves, SYNCHROTRONS, COCOONS, GAMMA ray bursts, BOATS & boating |
| Abstract: |
We present radio observations of the long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A that has become known to the community as the Brightest Of All Time or the BOAT. Our observations span the first 475 d post-burst and three orders of magnitude in observing frequency, from 0.15 to 230 GHz. By combining our new observations with those available in the literature, we have the most detailed radio data set in terms of cadence and spectral coverage of any GRB to date, which we use to explore the spectral and temporal evolution of the afterglow. By testing a series of phenomenological models, we find that three separate synchrotron components best explain the afterglow. The high temporal and spectral resolution allows us to conclude that standard analytical afterglow models are unable to explain the observed evolution of GRB 221009A. We explore where the discrepancies between the observations and the models are most significant and place our findings in the context of the most well-studied GRB radio afterglows to date. Our observations are best explained by three synchrotron-emitting regions that we interpret as a forward shock, a reverse shock, and an additional shock potentially from a cocoon or wider outflow. Finally, we find that our observations do not show any evidence of any late-time spectral or temporal changes that could result from a jet break but note that any lateral structure could significantly affect a jet break signature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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