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测试伽马射线暴余辉的新观点

Testing a new view of Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows

M. Nardini, G. Ghisellini, G. Ghirlanda, A. Celotti

摘要:

长伽马射线暴(GRB)的光变曲线和X射线光变曲线往往表现出复杂的演化过程,而且在大多数情况下并不相互跟踪。这种现象不能用最简单的标准余辉模型来解释。一种可能的解释是将观测到的光学和X射线光变曲线看作是两个独立分量的总和。这种情况需要在这些波段之间存在光谱中断。这项工作的目的之一是测试在观测到的Swift XRT能量范围内是否存在这种断裂。我们分析了33个已知红移、光学光度学良好的长伽玛暴样品的X射线余辉谱,并给出了主星系尘埃吸收A_V(host)的估计值。我们发现,确实在7个明亮的事件,一个破碎的幂律提供了一个适合的数据,是比一个单一的幂律模型。相反,对于8个事件,X射线光谱更好地符合单一幂律。我们讨论了这些断裂与宿主氢柱密度N_H(host)和A_V(host)之间的关系,并检验了X射线谱断裂与光学带测光的一致性。我们分析了在不同时间的光学X射线光谱能量分布,并再次发现与两个组件的解释一致。

英文摘要:

The optical and X-ray light-curves of long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) often show a complex evolution and in most cases do not track each other. This behaviour can not be easily explained by the simplest standard afterglow models. A possible interpretation is to consider the observed optical and X-ray light-curves as the sum of two separate components. This scenario requires the presence of a spectral break between these bands. One of the aims of this work is to test whether such a break is present within the observed Swift XRT energy range. We analyse the X-ray afterglow spectra of a sample of 33 long GRBs with known redshift, good optical photometry and published estimate of the host galaxy dust absorption A_V(host). We find that indeed in 7 bright events a broken power-law provides a fit to the data that is better than a single power-law model. For 8 events, instead, the X-ray spectrum is better fitted by a single power-law. We discuss the role of these breaks in connection to the relation between the host hydrogen column density N_H(host) and A_V(host) and check the consistency of the X-ray spectral breaks with the optical bands photometry. We analyse the optical to X-ray spectral energy distributions at different times and find again consistency with two components interpretation.

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