Iron line signatures in X-ray afterglows of GRB by BeppoSAX

Details Iron line signatures in X-ray afterglows of GRB by BeppoSAX Iron line signatures in X-ray afterglows of GRB by BeppoSAX

1999-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906363v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 1 figure, proc. of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era, Nov. 1998, Rome, F. Frontera & L. Piro ed.s., A&A Suppl. Se

Scientific paper

10.1051/aas:1999296

We report the possible detection (99.3% of statistical significance) of redshifted Fe iron line emission in the X-ray afterglow of Gamma-ray burst GRB970508 observed by BeppoSAX. Its energy is consistent with the redshift of the putative host galaxy determined from optical spectroscopy. In contrast to the fairly clean environment expected in the merging of two neutron stars, the observed line properties would imply that the site of the burst is embedded in a large mass of material ($>0.5 \Ms$), consistent with pre-explosion ejecta of a very massive star. This material could be related with the outburst observed in the afterglow 1 day after the GRB and with the spectral variations measured during this phase. We did not find evidence of Fe line in two other GRB with known redshift (GB971214 and GB980613), but we note that the upper limits are of the same order of the intensity measured in GB97508 and that none of these afterglows shows rebursting activity.

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