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2017ApJ...849..119C - Astrophys. J., 849, 119-119 (2017/November-2)

Signature of a newborn black hole from the collapse of a supra-massive millisecond magnetar.

CHEN W., XIE W., LEI W.-H., ZOU Y.-C., LU H.-J., LIANG E.-W., GAO H. and WANG D.-X.

Abstract (from CDS):

An X-ray plateau followed by a steep decay ("internal plateau") has been observed in both long and short gamma-ray burst (GRBs), implying that a millisecond magnetar operates in some GRBs. The sharp decay at the end of the plateau, marking the abrupt cessation of the magnetar's central engine, has been considered the collapse of a supra-massive magnetar into a black hole (BH) when it spins down. If this "internal plateau" is indeed evidence of a magnetar central engine, the natural expectation in some candidates would be a signature from the newborn BH. In this work, we find that GRB 070110 is a particular case which shows a small X-ray bump following its "internal plateau." We interpret the plateau as a spin-down supra-massive magnetar and the X-ray bump as fallback BH accretion. This indicates that a newborn BH is likely active in some GRBs. Therefore, GRB 070110-like events may provide further support to the magnetar central engine model and enable us to investigate the properties of the magnetar as well as the newborn BH.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 070110 - gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 070110

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