Optical Bumps in Cosmological GRBs as Supernovae
arXiv:astro-ph/0403549 · doi:10.1007/3-540-26633-X_56
Abstract
From both photometric and broadband spectral monitoring of gamma-ray burst (GRB) lightcurve ``bumps,'' particularly in GRB 011121, a strong case grew for a supernova (SN) origin. The GRB-SN connection was finally solidified beyond a reasonable doubt with the discovery that the bump in GRB 030329 was spectroscopically similar to a bright Type Ic SN. In light of this result, I redress the previous SN bump claims and conclude that 1) the distribution of GRB-SN bump peak magnitudes is consistent with the local Type Ibc SNe peak distribution and suggest that 2) the late-time bumps in all long-duration GRBs are likely supernovae.
5 pages, 2 figures. To be published in Proc. IAU Colloquium #192 ``Supernovae (10 years of SN1993J),'' held 22-26 April 2003, Valencia, Spain. Editors: J.M. Marcaide and K.W. Weiler. Uses svmult.cls
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