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The Strongly Polarized Afterglow of GRB 020405

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arxiv astro-ph/0206465 v1 pith:UAY4WTP7 submitted 2002-06-26 astro-ph

D. Bersier , B. McLeod , P.M. Garnavich , M. J. Holman , T. Grav , J. Quinn , J. Kaluzny , P. M. Challis
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R. G. Bower D. J. Wilman J. S. Heyl S. T. Holland V. Hradecky S. Jha K. Z. Stanek
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We report polarization measurements and photometry for the optical afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 020405. We measured a highly significant 9.9% polarization (in V band) 1.3 days after the burst and argue that it is intrinsic to the GRB. The light curve decay is well fitted by a $t^{-1.72}$ power-law; we do not see any evidence for a break between 1.24 and 4.3 days after the burst. We discuss these measurements in the light of several models of GRB afterglows.

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