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Signature of a Magnetar Central Engine from the Multiband Afterglow of GRB 151027A Associated with a Supernova

  • Authors: Liang-Jun Chen, Xiang-Gao Wang, Hou-Jun Lü, WeiKang Zheng, Daniel A. Perley, Da-Bin Lin, Yihan Wang, De-Feng Kong, You-Dong Hu, Jie Xia, S. Bradley Cenko, Hong-Bang Liu, Fei Xie, Jing Lü, En-Wei Liang, Bing Zhang, Alexei V. Filippenko

Liang-Jun Chen et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1002 .

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Caption: Figure 4.

Best-fitting results of the energy-injection model for the afterglow light curves of GRB 151027A. (a) X-ray afterglow. Swift/XRT data (gray points). Model components: magnetar spindown (dashed–dotted line), fallback accretion (dotted line), external shock (thin solid line), and total best fit (thick solid line). (b) Optical afterglow. External-shock component (thin solid line), SN (dotted line), and total best fit (thick solid line). (c) Radio afterglow. External-shock component (thin solid line). (d) Evolution of characteristic frequencies in the observer frame: νa, νm, and νc (solid lines), along with several observed frequencies (dashed lines)—R band (optical), 22 GHz, 5 GHz, 1390 MHz, and 610 MHz (radio).

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