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GRB X射线余辉极早期急剧衰减的偏振演化

Polarization evolution accompanying the very early sharp decline of GRB X-ray afterglows

Yi-Zhong Fan, Dong Xu, Da-Ming Wei

摘要:

在同步辐射模型中,偏振特性取决于磁场的结构和可见光发射区的几何形状。在{ \it Swift}伽马射线暴(GRB)的X射线余辉中,一些特殊的行为,如高能耀斑和平台期后的急剧下降,可能是高度线性极化的,因为驱动这些行为的外流可能是坡印廷通量主导的。此外,可见光发射区对称性的破坏可能隐藏在当前的X射线数据中,并将产生有趣的偏振特征。在这项工作中,我们专注于极化伴随着非常早期的急剧下降的伽玛暴X射线余辉。我们表明,强极化演化是可能的,在高纬度发射模型和垂死的中央引擎模型,用来解释这种急剧的X射线下降。因此,用未来的偏振测量法来有效地探测极早期X射线急剧下降的物理起源是不容易的。在X射线耀斑的衰减阶段和X射线光变曲线的浅衰减阶段也可能出现强的偏振演化,其特征是彩色X射线与光学断裂。类似{ \it XRT}的探测器,但在类似{ \em Swift}的卫星上具有偏振能力,将适合于测试我们的预测。

英文摘要:

In the synchrotron radiation model, the polarization property depends on both the configuration of the magnetic field and the geometry of the visible emitting region. Some peculiar behaviors in the X-ray afterglows of {\it Swift} gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), such as energetic flares and the plateau followed by a sharp drop, might by highly linearly-polarized because the outflows powering these behaviors may be Poynting-flux dominated. Furthermore, the broken-down of the symmetry of the visible emitting region may be hiding in current X-ray data and will give rise to interesting polarization signatures. In this work we focus on the polarization accompanying the very early sharp decline of GRB X-ray afterglows. We show that strong polarization evolution is possible in both the high latitude emission model and the dying central engine model which are used to interpret this sharp X-ray decline. It is thus not easy to efficiently probe the physical origin of the very early X-ray sharp decline with future polarimetry. Strong polarization evolution is also possible in the decline phase of X-ray flares and in the shallow decline phase of X-ray light curves characterized by chromatic X-ray VS. Optical breaks. An {\it XRT}-like detector but with polarization capability on board a {\em Swift}-like satellite would be suitable to test our predictions.

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