SEARCH FOR GAMMA-RAYS FROM THE UNUSUALLY BRIGHT GRB 130427A WITH THE HAWC GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY

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作者
Abeysekara, A. U. [1 ,2 ]
Alfaro, R. [3 ,4 ]
Alvarez, C. [5 ]
Alvarez, J. D. [6 ]
Arceo, R. [5 ]
Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C. [6 ]
Solares, H. A. Ayala [7 ]
Barber, A. S. [2 ]
Baughman, B. M. [4 ]
Bautista-Elivar, N. [8 ]
BenZvi, S. Y. [9 ,10 ,11 ]
Bonilla Rosales, M. [12 ]
Braun, J. [4 ,10 ,11 ]
Caballero-Mora, K. S. [13 ]
Carraminana, A. [12 ]
Castillo, M. [14 ]
Cotti, U. [6 ]
Cotzomi, J. [14 ]
de la Fuente, E. [15 ]
De Leon, C. [6 ]
DeYoung, T. [1 ]
Diaz Hernandez, R. [12 ]
Dingus, B. L. [16 ]
DuVernois, M. A. [10 ,11 ]
Ellsworth, R. W. [4 ,17 ]
Fiorino, D. W. [10 ,11 ]
Fraija, N. [18 ]
Galindo, A. [12 ]
Garfias, F. [18 ]
Gonzalez, M. M. [4 ,18 ]
Goodman, J. A. [4 ]
Gussert, M. [19 ]
Hampel-Arias, Z. [10 ,11 ]
Harding, J. P. [16 ]
Huentemeyer, P. [7 ]
Hui, C. M. [7 ]
Imran, A. [10 ,11 ,16 ]
Iriarte, A. [18 ]
Karn, P. [10 ,11 ,20 ]
Kieda, D. [2 ]
Kunde, G. J. [16 ]
Lara, A. [21 ]
Lauer, R. J. [22 ]
Lee, W. H. [18 ]
Lennarz, D. [23 ,24 ]
Leon Vargas, H. [3 ]
Linnemann, J. T. [1 ]
Longo, M. [19 ]
Luna-Garcia, R. [25 ]
Malone, K. [26 ]
机构
[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT USA
[3] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico
[4] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[5] Univ Autonoma Chiapas, CEFyMAP, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
[6] Univ Michoacana San Nicol Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
[7] Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
[8] Univ Politecn Pachuca, Municipio De Zempoala, Hidalgo, Mexico
[9] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[10] Univ Wisconsin, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophys Ctr, Madison, WI USA
[11] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[12] Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Puebla, Mexico
[13] Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[14] Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
[15] Univ Guadalajara, Dept Fis, Ctr Univ Ciencias Exactas & Ingn, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, Mexico
[16] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM USA
[17] George Mason Univ, Sch Phys Astron & Computat Sci, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[18] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[19] Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[20] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA USA
[21] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[22] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[23] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[24] Georgia Inst Technol, Ctr Relativist Astrophys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[25] Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest Computac, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[26] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[27] Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
[28] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[29] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
gamma-ray burst: individual (GRB 130427A); gamma rays: general; HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION; VERY-HIGH-ENERGY; HESS OBSERVATIONS; BURSTS; PROSPECTS; COMPONENT; SWIFT; MODEL;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/78
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The first limits on the prompt emission from the long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A in the > 100 GeV energy band are reported. GRB 130427A was the most powerful burst ever detected with a redshift z less than or similar to 0.5 and featured the longest lasting emission above 100 MeV. The energy spectrum extends at least up to 95 GeV, clearly in the range observable by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory, a new extensive air shower detector currently under construction in central Mexico. The burst occurred under unfavorable observation conditions, low in the sky and when HAWC was running 10% of the final detector. Based on the observed light curve at MeV-GeV energies, eight different time periods have been searched for prompt and delayed emission from this GRB. In all cases, no statistically significant excess of counts has been found and upper limits have been placed. It is shown that a similar GRB close to zenith would be easily detected by the full HAWC detector, which will be completed soon. The detection rate of the full HAWC detector may be as high as one to two GRBs per year. A detection could provide important information regarding the high energy processes at work and the observation of a possible cut-off beyond the Fermi Large Area Telescope energy range could be the signature of gamma-ray absorption, either in the GRB or along the line of sight due to the extragalactic background light.
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