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Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709BThe double burst, GRB 110709B, triggered Swift/BAT twice at 21:32:39 UT and 21:43:45 UT, respectively, on 9 July 2011. This is the first time we observed a GRB with two BAT triggers. In this paper, we present simultaneous Swift and Konus-WIND observations of this unusual GRB and its afterglow. If the two events are from the same physical origin, their different time-dependent spectral evolution suggest they must belong to different episodes of the central engine, which may be a magnetar-to-BH accretion system.
Document ID
20120008620
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Zhang, Bin-Bin
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Burrows, David N.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Zhang, Bing
(Nevada Univ. Las Vegas, NV, United States)
Meszaros, Peter
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Stratta, Giulia
(Italian Space Agency Frascati, Italy)
D'Elia, Valerio
(Italian Space Agency Frascati, Italy)
Frederiks, Dmitry
(Ioffe (A. F.) Physical-Technical Inst. Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Golenetskii, S.
(Ioffe (A. F.) Physical-Technical Inst. Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Cummings, Jay R.
(Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
Wang, Xiang-Yu
(Nanjing Univ. China)
Falcone, Abraham D.
(Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA, United States)
Barthelmy, Scott D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gehrels, Neil
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
November 15, 2011
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.5918.2012
Report Number: GSFC.JA.5918.2012
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: ASI I/009/10/0
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX08AL40G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX10AD48G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-0908362
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA SAO SV4-74018
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-0757155
Distribution Limits
Public
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