A Luminous Precursor in the Extremely Bright GRB 230307A
| Autor: | S. Dichiara, D. Tsang, E. Troja, D. Neill, J. P. Norris, Y.-H. Yang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol 954, Iss 1, p L29 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2041-8213 2041-8205 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/acf21d |
| Popis: | GRB 230307A is an extremely bright long-duration GRB with an observed gamma-ray fluence of ≳3 × 10 ^−3 erg cm ^−2 (10–1000 keV), second only to GRB 221009A. Despite its long duration, it is possibly associated with a kilonova, thus resembling the case of GRB 211211A. In analogy with GRB 211211A, we distinguish three phases in the prompt gamma-ray emission of GRB 230307A: an initial short duration, spectrally soft emission; a main long duration, spectrally hard burst; and a temporally extended and spectrally soft tail. We interpret the initial soft pulse as a bright precursor to the main burst and compare its properties with models of precursors from compact binary mergers. We find that to explain the brightness of GRB 230307A, a magnetar-like (≳10 ^15 G) magnetic field should be retained by the progenitor neutron star. Alternatively, in the postmerger scenario, the luminous precursor could point to the formation of a rapidly rotating massive neutron star. |
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