Analytical light curves in the realistic model for GRB afterglows

Abstract

(abridged) Afterglow light curves are constructed analytically for realistic gamma-ray burst remnants decelerating in either a homogeneous interstellar medium or a stellar wind environment, taking into account the radiative loss of the blast wave, which affects the temporal behaviors significantly. Inverse Compton scattering is considered. The inverse Compton effect prolongs the fast-cooling phase markedly, during which the relativistic shock is semi-radiative and the radiation efficiency is approximately constant. It is further shown that the shock is still semi-radiative for quite a long time after it transits into the slow-cooling phase. The temporal decaying index of the X-ray afterglow light curve in this semi-radiative phase is more consistent with the observed $<{\alpha }_X>\sim 1.3$ than the commonly used adiabatic one. To manifest as a bump or even dominant in the X-ray afterglows during the relativistic stage, it is required that the density should be larger than about 1-10 cm${}^{-3}$ in the interstellar medium case, or the wind parameter $A_{\ast }$ should be larger than unity in the stellar wind case.

28 pages including 2 figures, accepted by ApJ on October 11

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