OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS - INTERACTION WITH MATTER SURROUNDING THE PARENT GALAXY

Authors
BISNOVATYIKOGAN GS TIMOKHIN AN
Citation
Gs. Bisnovatyikogan et An. Timokhin, OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS - INTERACTION WITH MATTER SURROUNDING THE PARENT GALAXY, Astronomy reports, 41(4), 1997, pp. 423-435
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637729
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
423 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7729(1997)41:4<423:OCOCGB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The interaction of emission from a cosmological gamma-ray burst with t he interstellar medium surrounding the parent galaxy is investigated. It is shown that, irrespective of the particular model used to account for the formation of cosmological gamma-ray bursts, the brightest bur sts should have counterparts at visual and ultraviolet wavelengths. Th e light curves of such counterparts are calculated for bursts with ene rgies of 10(51) and 10(52) erg in interstellar media with various dens ities.