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Spectral components in the bright, long GRB 061007: properties of the photosphere and the nature of the outflow
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- We present a time-resolved spectral analysis of the bright, long GRB 061007 (z=1.261) using Swift BAT and Suzaku WAM data. We find that the prompt emission of GRB 061007 can be equally well explained by a photospheric component together with a power law as by a Band function, and we explore the implications of the former model. The photospheric component, which we model with a multicolour blackbody, dominates the emission and has a very stable shape throughout the burst. This component provides a natural explanation for the hardness-intensity correlation seen within the burst and also allows us to estimate the bulk Lorentz factor and the radius of the photosphere. The power-law component dominates the fit at high energies and has a nearly constant slope of -1.5. We discuss the possibility that this component is of the same origin as the high-energy power laws recently observed in some Fermi LAT bursts.<br />Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1102.4739
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18582.x