XRF 050406 late-time flattening: an inverse Compton component?
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v3
Abstract
We investigate for possible evidence of inverse Compton (IC) emission in the X-ray afterglow of XRF 050406. In the framework of the standard fireball model, we show how the late-time flattening observed in the X-ray light curve between \~10^{4} s and ~10^{6} s can be explained in a synchrotron-plus-IC scenario, when the IC peak frequency crosses the X-ray band. We thus conclude that the appearance of an IC component above the synchrotron one at late times successfully accounts for these X-ray observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0604158,
title = {XRF 050406 late-time flattening: an inverse Compton component?},
author = {A. Corsi and L. Piro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0604158},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in A&A. Version accepted by A&A, minor changes in the title, contents and conclusions unchanged, language corrections included