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Probing the Nature of High-z Short GRB 090426 with Its Early Optical and X-ray Afterglows

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 نشر من قبل Xin Liping
 تاريخ النشر 2010
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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GRB 090426 is a short duration burst detected by Swift ($T_{90}sim 1.28$ s in the observer frame, and $T_{90}sim 0.33$ s in the burst frame at $z=2.609$). Its host galaxy properties and some $gamma$-ray related correlations are analogous to those seen in long duration GRBs, which are believed to be of a massive-star origin (so-called Type II GRBs). We present the results of its early optical observations with the 0.8-m TNT telescope at Xinglong observatory, and the 1-m LOAO telescope at Mt. Lemmon Optical Astronomy Observatory in Arizona. Our well-sampled optical afterglow lightcurve covers from $sim 90$ seconds to $sim 10^4$ seconds post the GRB trigger. It shows two shallow decay episodes that are likely due to energy injection, which end at $sim 230$ seconds and $sim 7100$ seconds, respectively. The decay slopes post the injection phases are consistent with each other ($alphasimeq 1.22$). The X-ray afterglow lightcurve appears to trace the optical, although the second energy injection phase was missed due to visibility constraints introduced by the {em Swift} orbit. The X-ray spectral index is $beta_Xsim 1.0$ without temporal evolution. Its decay slope is consistent with the prediction of the forward shock model. Both X-ray and optical emission is consistent with being in the same spectral regime above the cooling frequency ($ u_c$). The fact that $ u_c$ is below the optical band from the very early epoch of the observation provides a constraint on the burst environment, which is similar to that seen in classical long duration GRBs. We therefore suggest that death of a massive star is the possible progenitor of this short burst.



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