Title
Bright Gamma-Ray Flares Observed in GRB 131108A
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ajello M.
Arimoto M.
Asano K.
Axelsson M.
Baldini L.
Barbiellini G.
Bastieri D.
Bellazzini R.
Berretta A.
Bissaldi E.
Blandford R.D.
Bonino R.
Bottacini E.
Bregeon J.
Bruel P.
Buehler R.
Buson S.
Cameron R.A.
Caputo R.
Caraveo P.A.
Cavazzuti E.
Chen S.
Chiaro G.
Ciprini S.
Costantin D.
Cutini S.
D'Ammando F.
Torre Luque P.D.L.
Palma F.D.
Lalla N.D.
Venere L.D.
Dirirsa F.F.
Fegan S.J.
Franckowiak A.
Fukazawa Y.
Fusco P.
Gargano F.
Gasparrini D.
Giglietto N.
Giordano F.
Giroletti M.
Green D.
Grenier I.A.
Grondin M.H.
Guiriec S.
Hays E.
Horan D.
Jóhannesson G.
Kocevski D.
Kovac'Evic M.
Kuss M.
Larsson S.
Latronico L.
Li J.
Liodakis I.
Longo F.
Loparco F.
Lovellette M.N.
Lubrano P.
Maldera S.
Manfreda A.
Martí-Devesa G.
Mazziotta M.N.
McEnery J.E.
Mereu I.
Michelson P.F.
Mizuno T.
Monzani M.E.
Moretti E.
Morselli A.
Moskalenko I.V.
Negro M.
Nuss E.
Ohno M.
Omodei N.
Orienti M.
Orlando E.
Palatiello M.
Paliya V.S.
Paneque D.
Pei Z.
Persic M.
Pesce-Rollins M.
Petrosian V.
Piron F.
Poon H.
Porter T.A.
Principe G.
Racusin J.L.
Rainó S.
Rando R.
Rani B.
Razzano M.
Reimer A.
Reimer O.
Serini D.
Sgró C.
Siskind E.J.
Spandre G.
Spinelli P.
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
GRB 131108A is a bright long gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Large Area Telescope and the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Dedicated temporal and spectral analyses reveal three γ-ray flares dominating above 100 MeV, which are not directly related to the prompt emission in the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor band (10 keV-10 MeV). The high-energy light curve of GRB 131108A (100 MeV-10 GeV) shows an unusual evolution: a steep decay, followed by three flares with an underlying emission, and then a long-lasting decay phase. The detailed analysis of the γ-ray flares finds that the three flares are 6-20 times brighter than the underlying emission and are similar to each other. The fluence of each flare, (1.6 ∼ 2.0) × 10-6 erg cm-2, is comparable to that of emission during the steep decay phase, 1.7 × 10-6 erg cm-2. The total fluence from three γ-ray flares is 5.3 × 10-6 erg cm-2. The three γ-ray flares show properties similar to the usual X-ray flares that are sharp flux increases, occurring in ∼50% of afterglows, in some cases well after the prompt emission. Also, the temporal and spectral indices during the early steep decay phase and the decaying phase of each flare show the consistency with a relation of the curvature effect (α = 2 + β ), which is the first observational evidence of the high-latitude emission in the GeV energy band.
Volume
886
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85077649318
Source
Astrophysical Journal Letters
ISSN of the container
20418205
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