The bright optical afterglow of the long GRB 001007

• Main Authors: CASTRO CERON, J. M., CASTRO TIRADO, A. J. , GOROSABEL, J. , HJORTH, J. , FYNBO, J. U. , JENSEN, B. L. , PEDERSEN, H. , ANDERSEN, M. I., LPEZ CORREDOIRA, M. , SUREZ, O., F., AND COAUTHORS, FRONTERA, Filippo
• Other Authors: Castro, Ceron, J., M., Castro, Tirado, A. J., Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, J., Fynbo, J. U., Jensen, B. L., Pedersen, H., Andersen, M., I., Lpez, Corredoira, M., Surez, Frontera, Filippo, And, Coauthors
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Cosmology: observation; Gamma rays: burst; Techniques: photometric; Norway; Observatorio; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/1202255; https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021010

We present optical follow up observations of the long GRB 001007 between 6.14 hours and ~468 days after the event. An unusually bright optical afterglow (OA) was seen to decline following a steep power law decay with index α = -2.03 ± 0.11, possibly indicating a break in the light curve at t - t0 &l...