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GRB 140430 A瞬发相的光偏振极限

Limits on optical polarization during the prompt phase of GRB 140430A

D. Kopac, C. G. Mundell, J. Japelj, D. M. Arnold, I. A. Steele, C. Guidorzi, S. Dichiara, S. Kobayashi, A. Gomboc, R. M. Harrison, G. P. Lamb, A. Melandri, R. J… 展开作者

D. Kopac, C. G. Mundell, J. Japelj, D. M. Arnold, I. A. Steele, C. Guidorzi, S. Dichiara, S. Kobayashi, A. Gomboc, R. M. Harrison, G. P. Lamb, A. Melandri, R. J. Smith, F. J. Virgili, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, A. Jarvinen, R. Sanchez-Ramirez, S. R. Oates, M. Jelinek

摘要:

伽马射线暴GRB 140430 A被雨燕卫星探测到,并被安装在利物浦望远镜上的成像偏振计RINGO 3及时观测到,观测开始时,即时$γ$射线发射仍在进行中。在本文中,我们提出了密集采样(10秒的时间分辨率)的早期光学光变曲线在3个光学波段和限制的程度,光学偏振。我们比较了光学,X射线和伽马射线的性质,并提出了一个分析的光发射期间的高能量耀斑。复杂的光学光变曲线不能仅仅用标准外部冲击的正向和反向冲击发射的组合来解释,这意味着内部冲击耗散的发射的额外贡献。我们估计在即时阶段期间的时间平均光学偏振的上限低至P < 12%(1 $σ$)。这表明,在这个伽玛暴的光学耀斑和早期余辉发射不是高度偏振的。可替代地,时间平均可以掩盖在不同偏振位置角处的不同来源的另外偏振分量的存在。

英文摘要:

Gamma-ray burst GRB 140430A was detected by the Swift satellite and observed promptly with the imaging polarimeter RINGO3 mounted on the Liverpool Telescope, with observations beginning while the prompt $γ$-ray emission was still ongoing. In this paper, we present densely sampled (10-second temporal resolution) early optical light curves in 3 optical bands and limits to the degree of optical polarization. We compare optical, X-ray and gamma-ray properties and present an analysis of the optical emission during a period of high-energy flaring. The complex optical light curve cannot be explained merely with a combination of forward and reverse shock emission from a standard external shock, implying additional contribution of emission from internal shock dissipation. We estimate an upper limit for time averaged optical polarization during the prompt phase to be as low as P < 12% (1$σ$). This suggests that the optical flares and early afterglow emission in this GRB are not highly polarized. Alternatively, time averaging could mask the presence of otherwise polarized components of distinct origin at different polarization position angles.

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