uGMRT light curve of AT 2018cow at 1.25 GHz (IMAGE)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

uGMRT light curve of AT 2018cow at 1.25 GHz

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The green and red solid/dotted lines denote different theoretical models. The turn over point of this light curve enabled the determination of material velocity from the explosion, magnetic field strength, and environmental density at different distances from the explosion centre.

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A. J. Nayana and Poonam Chandra

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