Long-term monitoring of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 050408 with <i>Swift</i>/XRT
Long-term monitoring of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 050408 with <i>Swift</i>/XRT
We present observations of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 050408, a gamma-ray burst discovered by HETE-II. Swift began observing the field 42 min after the burst, performing follow-up over a period of 38 d (thus spanning three decades in time).The X-ray light curve showed a steepening with time, similar to …