A blast from the infant Universe: The very high-z GRB210905A

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  • A. Rossi
  • D. D. Frederiks
  • D. A. Kann
  • M. De Pasquale
  • E. Pian
  • G. Lamb
  • P. D'Avanzo
  • A. J. Levan
  • A. Melandri
  • A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu
  • S. Schulze
  • R. Strausbaugh
  • N. R. Tanvir
  • L. Amati
  • S. Campana
  • A. Cucchiara
  • G. Ghirlanda
  • M. Della Valle
  • S. Klose
  • R. Salvaterra
  • R. L. C. Starling
  • G. Stratta
  • A. E. Tsvetkova
  • S. D. Vergani
  • A. D'Ai
  • D. Burgarella
  • S. Covino
  • V. D'Elia
  • A. de Ugarte Postigo
  • H. Fausey
  • F. Frontera
  • C. Guidorzi
  • N. Masetti
  • F. Maiorano
  • C. G. Mundell
  • S. R. Oates
  • M. J. Page
  • E. Palazzi
  • J. Palmerio
  • G. Pugliese
  • A. Rau
  • A. Saccardi
  • B. Sbarufatti
  • D. S. Svinkin
  • G. Tagliaferri
  • A. J. van der Horst
  • M. Ulanov
  • K. Wiersema
  • D. Xu
  • J. Zhang

We present a detailed follow-up of the very energetic GRB210905A at a high redshift of z = 6.312 and its luminous X-ray and optical afterglow. Following the detection by Swift and Konus-Wind, we obtained a photometric and spectroscopic follow-up in the optical and near-infrared (NIR), covering both the prompt and afterglow emission from a few minutes up to 20 Ms after burst. With an isotropic gamma-ray energy release of E-iso = 1.27(-0.19)(+0.20) x 10(54) erg, GRB210905A lies in the top similar to 7% of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the Konus-Wind catalogue in terms of energy released. Its afterglow is among the most luminous ever observed, and, in particular, it is one of the most luminous in the optical at t >= 0.5 d in the rest frame. The afterglow starts with a shallow evolution that can be explained by energy injection, and it is followed by a steeper decay, while the spectral energy distribution is in agreement with slow cooling in a constant-density environment within the standard fireball theory. A jet break at similar to 46.2 +/- 16.3 d (6.3 +/- 2.2 d rest-frame) has been observed in the X-ray light curve; however, it is hidden in the H band due to a constant contribution from the host galaxy and potentially from a foreground intervening galaxy. In particular, the host galaxy is only the fourth GRB host at z > 6 known to date. By assuming a number density n = 1 cm(-3) and an efficiency eta = 0.2, we derived a half-opening angle of 8.4 degrees +/- 1.0 degrees, which is the highest ever measured for a z greater than or similar to 6 burst, but within the range covered by closer events. The resulting collimation-corrected gamma-ray energy release of similar or equal to 1 x 10(52) erg is also among the highest ever measured. The moderately large half-opening angle argues against recent claims of an inverse dependence of the half-opening angle on the redshift. The total jet energy is likely too large to be sustained by a standard magnetar, and it suggests that the central engine of this burst was a newly formed black hole. Despite the outstanding energetics and luminosity of both GRB210905A and its afterglow, we demonstrate that they are consistent within 2 sigma with those of less distant bursts, indicating that the powering mechanisms and progenitors do not evolve significantly with redshift.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
ArtikelnummerA125
TidsskriftAstronomy & Astrophysics
Vol/bind665
Antal sider18
ISSN0004-6361
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 21 sep. 2022

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