GRB 020813: Polarization in the case of a smooth optical decay

Gorosabel, J.; Rol, E.; Covino, S.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Castro Cer&oacute;n, J. M.; Lazzati, D.; Hjorth, J.; Malesani, D.; Della Valle, M.; di Serego Alighieri, S.; Fiore, F.; Fruchter, A. S.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Ghisellini, G.; Goldoni, P.; Greiner, J.; Israel, G. L.; Kaper, L.; Kawai, N.; Klose, S.; Kouveliotou, C.; Le Floc&#39;h, E.; Masetti, N.; Mirabel, F.; M&ouml;ller, P.; Ortolani, S.; Palazzi, E.; Pian, E.; Rhoads, J.; Ricker, G.; Saracco, P.; Stella, L.; Tagliaferri, G.; Tanvir, N.; van den Heuvel, E.; Vietri, M.; Vreeswijk, P. M.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Zerbi, F. M.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034409

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英文:	GRB 020813: Polarization in the case of a smooth optical decay

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Gorosabel, J., Rol, E., Covino, S., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Castro Cerón, J. M., Lazzati, D., Hjorth, J., Malesani, D., Della Valle, M., di Serego Alighieri, S., Fiore, F., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ghisellini, G., Goldoni, P., Greiner, J., Israel, G. L., Kaper, L., 河合誠之, Klose, S., Kouveliotou, C., Le Floc'h, E., Masetti, N., Mirabel, F., Möller, P., Ortolani, S., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Rhoads, J., Ricker, G., Saracco, P., Stella, L., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N., van den Heuvel, E., Vietri, M., Vreeswijk, P. M., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Zerbi, F. M..

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Gorosabel, J., Rol, E., Covino, S., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Castro Cerón, J. M., Lazzati, D., Hjorth, J., Malesani, D., Della Valle, M., di Serego Alighieri, S., Fiore, F., Fruchter, A. S., Fynbo, J. P. U., Ghisellini, G., Goldoni, P., Greiner, J., Israel, G. L., Kaper, L., Kawai, N., Klose, S., Kouveliotou, C., Le Floc'h, E., Masetti, N., Mirabel, F., Möller, P., Ortolani, S., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Rhoads, J., Ricker, G., Saracco, P., Stella, L., Tagliaferri, G., Tanvir, N., van den Heuvel, E., Vietri, M., Vreeswijk, P. M., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Zerbi, F. M..

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英文:	Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Vol. 422 pp. 113-119

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2004年7月

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https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034409

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We present the results of a VLT polarimetric monitoring campaign of the GRB 020813 optical afterglow carried out in three nights, from 0.88 to 4.20 days after the gamma-ray event. The mean values of the degree of linear polarization (P) and its position angle (&thetas;) resulting from our campaign are < P>=1.18 ± 0.10 % and < &thetas;> = 148.7^° ± 2.3^°, after correcting for Galactic interstellar polarization. Our VLT data set is most naturally described by a constant degree of linear polarization and position angle, nonetheless a slow &thetas; evolution cannot be entirely ruled out by our data. The VLT monitoring campaign did not reveal either a significant &thetas; rotation respect to the Keck spectropolarimetric observations performed ˜0.25 days after the GRB (Barth et al. \cite{Bart03a}). However, < P> is a factor of two lower than the polarization degree measured from Keck. Additionally, the VLT polarization data allowed us to construct an accurate V-band light curve. The V-band photometric data revealed a smooth light curve with a break located between the last Keck and our first VLT polarimetric measurement, 0.33 < t_{break, V} < 0.88 days after the GRB. The typical magnitude fluctuations of the VLT V-band lightcurve are 0.003 mag, 0.010 mag and 0.016 mag for our three observing nights, respectively. We speculate that the stability of &thetas; might be related to the smoothness of the light curve. Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Cerro Paranal (Chile), ESO programmes 69.D-0461(A) and 69.D-0701(A).

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