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Issue Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 138, Number 3, September 1999
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Contents Rome, November 3-6, 1998
Page(s) 467 - 468
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999312

DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999312



Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 138, 467-468

SN1998bw: The case for a relativistic shock

M.H. Wieringa1 - S.R. Kulkarni2 - D.A. Frail3

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1 - Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping 2121, Australia
2 - Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy 105-24, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
3 - National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Socorro, NM 87801, U.S.A.
e-mail: dfrail@nrao.edu

Received January 21; accepted June 9, 1999

Abstract:

SN1998bw shot to fame by claims of association with GRB980425. Independent of its presumed association with a GRB, this SN is unusual in its radio properties. A simple interpretation of the unusually bright radio emission leads us to the conclusion that there are two shocks in this SN: a slow moving shock containing most of the ejecta and a relativistic shock ($\Gamma=2$) which is responsible for the radio emission. This is the first evidence for the existence of relativistic shocks in supernovae. It is quite plausible that this shock may produce high energy emission (at early times and by inverse Compton scattering). As with other supernovae, we expect radio emission at much later times powered primarily by the slow moving ejecta. This expectation has motivated us to continue monitoring this unusual SN.

Key words: gamma-ray: bursts

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