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GRB 121027 A:持久的高能X射线耀斑以及辐射机制和祖星的线索

GRB 121027A: long-lasting, energetic X-ray flares and clues to radiation mechanism and progenitor star

Fang-kun Peng, You-Dong Hu, Shao-Qiang Xi, Xiang-Gao Wang, Rui-Jing Lu, En-Wei Liang, Bing Zhang

摘要:

GRB 121027 A是不寻常的,它具有极长的持续时间,高能X射线耀斑。X射线耀斑释放的总能量比瞬发γ射线高一个数量级,这使得它与大多数长伽玛暴不同。结果表明,当瞬发γ射线辐射满足典型长伽玛暴的经验E_{iso}关系时,X射线耀斑的谱可以用截断幂律模型拟合,并且E_p受到很好的约束,但它明显偏离了这种关系。尽管如此,对X射线耀斑的时间分辨光谱分析表明,X射线发射符合长伽玛暴的L_{iso} - E_{p}关系。我们将X射线耀斑的最小洛伦兹因子限制在~14,这与Gamma- L_{iso}关系是一致的。我们的研究结果表明,瞬发γ射线辐射和晚期X射线耀斑具有相似的辐射机制,但起源于具有不同洛伦兹因子的外流。我们从雨燕GRB档案中搜索类似的GRB,发现z=6.29的GRB 050904是GRB 121027 A的副本。这些伽马射线暴中持久的高能X射线耀斑在后期需要大量的吸积,这指向一个大半径的祖星。

英文摘要:

GRB 121027A is un-usual with its extremely long-lasting, energetic X-ray flares. The total energy release in X-ray flares is about one order of magnitude higher than prompt gamma-rays, making it special from most long GRBs. We show that while the prompt gamma-ray emission satisfies the empirical E_{iso}-E_{p} relation of typical long GRBs, the X-ray flares, whose spectra can be fit with a cutoff-power-law model with well-constrained E_p, significantly deviate from such a relation. Nonetheless, a time-resolved spectral analysis of X-ray flares suggest that the X-ray emission is consistent with the L_{iso}-E_{p} relation of long GRBs. We constrain the minimum Lorentz factor of the X-ray flares to be ~14, which is consistent with the Gamma-L_{iso} relation. Our results imply that prompt gamma-ray emission and late X-ray flares share the similar radiation mechanism, but originate from the outflows with different Lorentz factors. We search for similar GRBs from the Swift GRB archives, and find that the z=6.29 GRB 050904 is a carbon copy of GRB 121027A. The long-lasting, energetic X-ray flares in these GRBs demand significant accretion at late times, which point towards a large-radius progenitor star.

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