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dc.contributor.authorGomboc, A-
dc.contributor.authorKobayashi, S-
dc.contributor.authorGuidorzi, C-
dc.contributor.authorMelandri, A-
dc.contributor.authorMangano, V-
dc.contributor.authorSbarufatti, B-
dc.contributor.authorMundell, C. G-
dc.contributor.authorSchady, P-
dc.contributor.authorSmith, R. J-
dc.contributor.authorUpdike, A. C-
dc.contributor.authorKann, D. A-
dc.contributor.authorMisra, K-
dc.contributor.authorRol, E-
dc.contributor.authorPozanenko, A-
dc.contributor.authorCastro-Tirado, A. J-
dc.contributor.authorAnupama, G. C-
dc.contributor.authorBersier, D-
dc.contributor.authorBode, M. F-
dc.contributor.authorCarter, D-
dc.contributor.authorCurran, P-
dc.contributor.authorFruchter, A-
dc.contributor.authorGraham, J-
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, D. H-
dc.contributor.authorIbrahimov, M-
dc.contributor.authorLevan, A-
dc.contributor.authorMonfardini, A-
dc.contributor.authorMottram, C. J-
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, P. T-
dc.contributor.authorPrema, P-
dc.contributor.authorSahu, D. K-
dc.contributor.authorSteele, I. A-
dc.contributor.authorTanvir, N. R-
dc.contributor.authorWiersema, K-
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-01T15:10:58Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-01T15:10:58Z-
dc.date.issued2008-11-
dc.identifier.citationThe Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 687, No. 1, pp. 443 - 455en
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2248/4224-
dc.description.abstractWe present a detailed study of the prompt and afterglow emission from Swift GRB 061126 using BAT, XRT, UVOT data and multicolor optical imaging from 10 ground-based telescopes. GRB 061126 was a long burst (T90=191 s) with four overlapping peaks in its γ-ray light curve. The X-ray afterglow, observed from 26 minutes to 20 days after the burst, shows a simple power-law decay with αX=1.290+/-0.008. Optical observations presented here cover the time range from 258 s (Faulkes Telescope North) to 15 days (Gemini North) after the burst; the decay rate of the optical afterglow shows a steep-to-shallow transition (from α1=1.48+/-0.06 to α2=0.88+/-0.03) approximately 13 minutes after the burst. We suggest the early, steep component is due to a reverse shock and show that the magnetic energy density in the ejecta, expressed as a fraction of the equipartition value, is a few 10 times larger than in the forward shock in the early afterglow phase. The ejecta might be endowed with primordial magnetic fields at the central engine. The optical light curve implies a late-time break at about 1.5 days after the burst, while there is no evidence of the simultaneous break in the X-ray light curve. We model the broadband emission and show that some afterglow characteristics (the steeper decay in X-ray and the shallow spectral index from optical to X-ray) are difficult to explain in the framework of the standard fireball model. This might imply that the X-ray afterglow is due to an additional emission process, such as late-time central engine activity rather than blast-wave shock emission. The possible chromatic break at 1.5 days after the burst would give support to the additional emission scenario.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe American Astronomical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/592062en
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1727en
dc.rights© The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved-
dc.subjectCosmology: Observationsen
dc.subjectGamma Rays: Burstsen
dc.titleMultiwavelength Analysis of the Intriguing GRB 061126: The Reverse Shock Scenario and Magnetizationen
dc.typeArticleen
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