Watson, D. Reeves, J. N. Osborne, J. P. Tedds, Jonathan A. O'Brien, P. T. Tomas, L. Ehle, M. The X-ray afterglow of GRB 020322 The spectrum of the afterglow of GRB 020322 is the highest-quality X-ray spectrum of a GRB afterglow available to date. It was detected by XMM-Newton in an observation starting fifteen hours after the GRB with a mean 0.2-10.0 keV observed flux of $3.5\pm0.2\times10^{-13}$ erg cm -2 s -1, making it the brightest X-ray afterglow observed so far with XMM-Newton. The source faded; its lightcurve was well fit by a power-law with a decay index of $1.26\pm0.23$. The spectrum is adequately fit with a power-law absorbed with neutral or ionised gas significantly in excess of the foreground Galactic column, at redshift 1.8-1.1+1.0 or with low metal abundances. No spectral line or edge features are detected at high significance, in particular, a thermal emission model fits the data poorly, the upper limit on its contribution to the spectrum is $3.7\times10^{-14}$ erg cm -2 s -1, or ~10% of the total flux. No spectral variability is observed. Science & Technology;Physical Sciences;Astronomy & Astrophysics;gamma rays : bursts;X-rays : general;PHOTON IMAGING CAMERA;XMM-NEWTON;BURSTS;ABSORPTION;DISCOVERY;EMISSION;SPECTRUM;ENERGY;EJECTA;GALAXY 2012-10-24
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