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GRB 221009A, its precursor and two afterglows in the Fermi data

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2023-03-22 v2

Abstract

We study GRB 221009A, the brightest gamma-ray burst in the history of observations, using Fermi data. To calibrate them for large inclination angles, we use the Vela X gamma-ray source. Light curves in different spectral ranges demonstrate a 300 s overlap of afterglow and delayed episodes of soft prompt emission. We demonstrate that a relatively weak burst precursor that occurs 3 minutes before the main episode has its own afterglow, i.e., presumably, its own external shock. The main afterglow is the brightest one, includes a photon with an energy of 400 GeV 9 hours after the burst, and is visible in the LAT data for up to two days.

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@article{arxiv.2303.03855,
  title  = {GRB 221009A, its precursor and two afterglows in the Fermi data},
  author = {B. Stern and I. Tkachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.03855},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages 6 figures, new references have been added

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