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来自双中子星合并的延迟喷流爆发

Delayed jet breakouts from binary neutron star mergers

Tatsuya Matsumoto, Shigeo S. Kimura

摘要:

短伽马射线暴(sGRB)被认为是由双星NS合并产生的。虽然sGRB需要一个相对论性喷流来从喷出物中爆发出来,但射流可能会被阻塞,无法产生成功的sGRB。我们提出了一个“延迟突破”的情况下,一个较晚的时间喷气发动机的长期活动可以穿透喷出物,即使即时喷气被窒息。从观测上看,这种晚期喷流是由sGRB中持久的高能发射支持的。解决喷射物中的射流传播,我们表明,一个典型的后期活动很容易实现延迟突破。该事件显示的不是即时$γ$ -射线,而是$\sim10^{2-3}\,\rm{s}$或甚至$\sim10^{4-5}\,\rm{s}$的长时间X射线发射。一些延迟事件可能已经被探测为没有超新星特征的软长伽玛暴。在乐观的情况下,第二代引力波探测器每年都会探测到一些与引力波(GW)重合的事件。没有$γ$ -射线的合并事件的X射线跟踪将是二元合并中持久的引擎活动的探测器。

英文摘要:

Short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) are thought to be produced by binary NS mergers. While a sGRB requires a relativistic jet to break out of ejecta, the jet may be choked and fails to produce a successful sGRB. We propose a "delayed breakout" scenario where a late-time jet launched by a long-term engine activity can penetrate ejecta even if a prompt jet is choked. Observationally, such a late-time jet is supported by the long-lasting high-energy emissions in sGRBs. Solving the jet propagation in ejecta, we show that a typical late-time activity easily achieves the delayed breakout. This event shows not prompt $γ$-rays but long-time X-ray emissions for $\sim10^{2-3}\,\rm{s}$ or even $\sim10^{4-5}\,\rm{s}$. Some delayed events may be already detected as soft-long GRBs without supernova signatures. In an optimistic case, a few events coincident with gravitational-waves (GWs) are detected by the second-generation GW detectors every year. X-ray followups of merger events without $γ$-rays will be a probe of long-lasting engine activities in binary mergers.

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