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2022A&A...662A.126J - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 662A, 126-126 (2022/6-1)

GRB 190919B: Rapid optical rise explained as a flaring activity.

JELINEK M., TOPINKA M., KARPOV S., MALENAKOVA A., HU Y.-D., RIGOSELLI M., STROBL J., EBR J., CUNNIFFE R., THOENE C., MASEK M., JANECEK P., FERNANDEZ-GARCIA E., HIRIART D., LEE W.H., VITEK S., HUDEC R., TRAVNICEK P., CASTRO-TIRADO A.J. and PROUZA M.

Abstract (from CDS):

Following the detection of a long GRB 190919B by INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory), we obtained an optical photometric sequence of its optical counterpart. The light curve of the optical emission exhibits an unusually steep rise ∼100 s after the initial trigger. This behaviour is not expected from a 'canonical' GRB optical afterglow. As an explanation, we propose a scenario consisting of two superimposed flares: an optical flare originating from the inner engine activity followed by the hydrodynamic peak of an external shock. The inner-engine nature of the first pulse is supported by a marginal detection of flux in hard X-rays. The second pulse eventually concludes in a slow constant decay, which, as we show, follows the closure relations for a slow cooling plasma expanding into the constant interstellar medium and can be seen as an optical afterglow sensu stricto.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2022

Journal keyword(s): techniques: photometric - gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB190919B

Errata: erratum vol. 670, art. C1 (2023)

Simbad objects: 4

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