GRB 050117:: Simultaneous gamma-ray and X-ray observations with the Swift satellite

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作者
Hill, JE [1 ]
Morris, DC
Sakamoto, T
Sato, G
Burrows, DN
Angelini, L
Pagani, C
Moretti, A
Abbey, AF
Barthelmy, S
Beardmore, AP
Biryukov, VV
Campana, S
Capalbi, M
Cusumano, G
Giommi, P
Ibrahimov, MA
Kennea, J
Kobayashi, S
Ioka, K
Markwardt, C
Mészáros, P
O'Brien, PT
Osborne, JP
Pozanenko, AS
Perri, M
Rumyantsev, VV
Schady, P
Sharapov, DA
Tagliaferri, G
Zhang, B
Chincarini, G
Gehrels, N
Wells, A
Nousek, JA
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Univ Space Res Assoc, Columbia, MD 21044 USA
[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Davey Labs 525, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[4] Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[5] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[6] INAF, Osservat Astron Brera, I-23807 Merate, Italy
[7] Univ Leicester, Space Res Ctr, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[8] Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[9] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Crimean Lab, Sternberg Astron Inst, Moscow, Russia
关键词
gamma rays : bursts;
D O I
10.1086/498443
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer performed its first autonomous, X-ray follow-up to a newly detected GRB on 2005 January 17, within 193 s of the burst trigger by the Swift Burst Alert Telescope. While the burst was still in progress, the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) obtained a position and an image for an uncataloged X-ray source simultaneously with the gamma-ray observation. The XRT observed flux during the prompt emission was 1.1 x 10(-8) ergs cm(-2) s(-1) in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. The emission in the X-ray band decreased by 3 orders of magnitude within 700 s, following the prompt emission. This is found to be consistent with the gamma-ray decay when extrapolated into the XRT energy band. During the following 6.3 hr, the XRT observed the afterglow in an automated sequence for an additional 947 s, until the burst became fully obscured by the Earth limb. A faint, extremely slowly decaying afterglow, alpha = -0.21, was detected. Finally, a break in the light curve occurred and the flux decayed with alpha < -1.2. The X-ray position triggered many follow-up observations: no optical afterglow could be confirmed, although a candidate was identified 300 from the XRT position.
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