The bright optical afterglow of the nearby γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003

P. A. Price; D. W. Fox; S. R. Kulkarni; B. A. Peterson; B. P. Schmidt; A. M. Soderberg; S. A. Yost; E. Berger; S. G. Djorgovski; D. A. Frall; F. A. Harrison; R. Sari; A. W. Blain; S. C. Chapman

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The bright optical afterglow of the nearby γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003

P. A. Price^*, D. W. Fox, S. R. Kulkarni, B. A. Peterson, B. P. Schmidt, A. M. Soderberg, S. A. Yost, E. Berger, S. G. Djorgovski, D. A. Frall, F. A. Harrison, R. Sari, A. W. Blain, S. C. Chapman

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Past studies of cosmological γ-ray bursts (GRBs) have been hampered by their extreme distances, resulting in faint afterglows. A nearby GRB could potentially shed much light on the origin of these events, but GRBs with a redshift z ≤ 0.2 have been estimated to occur only rarely, about once per decade. Here we report the discovery of the bright optical afterglow emission from the burst of 29 March 2003 (GRB030329; ref. 2). The brightness of the afterglow and the prompt report of its position resulted in extensive follow-up observations at many wavelengths, along with the measurement of the redshift, z = 0.169 (ref. 4). The γ-ray and afterglow properties of GRB030329 are similar to those of GRBs at cosmological redshifts. Observations have already identified the progenitor as a massive star that exploded as a supernova.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	844-847
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	423
Issue number	6942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01734
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2003

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