GRB 081029: A Gamma-Ray Burst with a Multi-Component Afterglow

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GRB 081029: A Gamma-Ray Burst with a Multi-Component Afterglow

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Holland, Stephen T , De Pasquale, Massimiliano , D'Elia, Valerio , Ohincarini, Guido , Fiore, Fabrizio , Pandey, Shashi Bhushan , Cobb, Bethany E , Mao, Jirong , Sakamoto, Takanori , Schady, Patricia , Covino, Stefano , Fan, Yi-Zhong , Jin, Zhi-Ping , D'Avanzo, Paolo and Antonelli, Angelo

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Hampton: NASA/Langley Research Center

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NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Misc. Resources, 2012

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Hampton: NASA/Langley Research Center

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We present an analysis of the unusual optical light curve of the gamma-ray burst GRB 081029, a long-soft burst with a redshift of z = 3.8479. We combine X-ray and optical observations from the Swift X-Ray Telescope and the Swift Ultra Violet/Optical Telescope with ground-based optical and infrared data obtained using the REM, ROTSE, and CTIO 1.3-m...