High-energy Emission of GRB 130427A: Evidence for Inverse Compton Radiation
Abstract
A nearby superluminous burst GRB 130427A was simultaneously detected by six γ-ray space telescopes (Swift, the Fermi GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM)/Large Area Telescope, Konus-Wind, SPI-ACS/INTEGRAL, AGILE, and RHESSI) and by three RAPTOR full-sky persistent monitors. The isotropic γ-ray energy release is ~1054 erg, rendering it the most powerful explosion among gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with a redshift z <= 0.5. The emission above 100 MeV lasted about one day, and four photons are at energies greater than 40 GeV. We show that the count rate of 100 MeV-100 GeV emission may be mainly accounted for by the forward shock synchrotron radiation and the inverse Compton radiation likely dominates at GeV-TeV energies. In particular, an inverse Compton radiation origin is favored for the ~(95.3, 47.3, 41.4, 38.5, 32) GeV photons arriving at t ~ (243, 256.3, 610.6, 3409.8, 34366.2) s after the trigger of Fermi-GBM. Interestingly, the external inverse Compton scattering of the prompt emission (the second episode, i.e., t ~ 120-260 s) by the forward-shock-accelerated electrons is expected to produce a few γ-rays at energies above 10 GeV, while five were detected in the same time interval. A possible unified model for the prompt soft γ-ray, optical, and GeV emission of GRB 130427A, GRB 080319B, and GRB 090902B is outlined. Implications of the null detection of >1 TeV neutrinos from GRB 130427A by IceCube are discussed.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/95
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1305.1261
- Bibcode:
- 2013ApJ...776...95F
- Keywords:
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- gamma rays: general;
- radiation mechanisms: non-thermal;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 10 pages including 4 figures and 2 tables. Section 3.2 is added to discuss the limitation of alternative models for the >