The Anticipated Supernova Associated with GRB090618
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-05-13 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We use the cannonball model of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and public data from the first day of observations of GRB 090618 to predict its X-ray and optical lightcurves until very late times, and, in particular, the emergence of a photometric and spectroscopic signature of an SN akin to SN1998bw in its optical afterglow with an anticipated peak brightness of magnitude 23 in the R band around July 10, 2009, if extinction in the host galaxy can be neglected.
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@article{arxiv.0906.5594,
title = {The Anticipated Supernova Associated with GRB090618},
author = {Shlomo Dado and Arnon Dar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.5594},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 2 Figures