Spectral Evolutions Study of Gamma-Ray Burst Exponential Decays with Suzaku-WAM
Abstract
An observational study is presented of the spectral evolution of gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emissions with the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor (WAM). We selected 6 bright GRBs exhibiting 7 well-separated fast-rise-exponential-decay (FRED) shaped light curves to investigate spectral changes by evaluating exponential decay time constants of the energy-resolved light curves. In addition, we carried out time-resolved spectroscopy of two of them which were located with accuracy sufficient to evaluate the time-resolved spectra with precise energy response matrices. The two imply different emission mechanisms; the one is well reproduced with a cooling blackbody radiation model with a power-law component, while the other prefers non-thermal emission model with a decaying turn over energy.
- Publication:
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Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1110.4246
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..279..411T
- Keywords:
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- gamma rays: bursts;
- radiation mechanisms: nonthermal;
- thermal;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables. PASJ accepted