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Magnetar central engine powering the energetic GRB 210610B ?

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2024-06-24 v1

Abstract

The bright GRB 210610B was discovered simultaneously by Fermi and Swift missions at redshift 1.13. We utilized broadband Fermi-GBM observations to perform a detailed prompt emission spectral analysis and to understand the radiation physics of the burst. Our analysis displayed that the low energy spectral index (αpt\alpha_{\rm pt}) exceeds boundaries expected from the typical synchrotron emission spectrum (-1.5,-0.67), suggesting additional emission signature. We added an additional thermal model with the typical Band or CPL function and found that CPL + BB function is better fitting to the data, suggesting a hybrid jet composition for the burst. Further, we found that the beaming corrected energy (Eγ,θj_{\rm \gamma, \theta_{j}} = 1.06 ×\times 1051^{51} erg) of the burst is less than the total energy budget of the magnetar. Additionally, the X-ray afterglow light curve of this burst exhibits achromatic plateaus, adding another layer of complexity to the explosion's behavior. Interestingly, we noted that the X-ray energy release during the plateau phase (EX,iso_{\rm X,iso} = 1.94 ×\times 1051^{51} erg) is also less than the total energy budget of the magnetar. Our results indicate the possibility that a magnetar could be the central engine for this burst.

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@article{arxiv.2406.01576,
  title  = {Magnetar central engine powering the energetic GRB 210610B ?},
  author = {Amit Kumar Ror and Shashi B. Pandey and Rahul Gupta and Amar Aryan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.01576},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Liege Royal Society of Sciences as a part of the 3rd BINA workshop, March 22-24, 2023, 10 pages, 2 figures, and 2 table

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