HETE-2 Localization and Observations of the Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 020813

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2005-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511669v1

Nuovo Cim.C028:343-346,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 7 figures, accepted by Publ.Astron.Soc.Jap

Scientific paper

10.1393/ncc/i2005-10056-x

A bright, long gamma-ray burst (GRB) was detected and localized by the instruments on board the High Energy Transient Explorer 2 satellite (HETE-2) at 02:44:19.17 UTC (9859.17 s UT) on 2002 August 13. The location was reported to the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) about 4 min after the burst. In the prompt emission, the burst had a duration of approximately 125 s, and more than four peaks. We analyzed the time-resolved 2-400 keV energy spectra of the prompt emission of GRB 020813 using the Wide Field X-Ray Monitor (WXM) and the French Gamma Telescope (FREGATE) in detail. We found that the early part of the burst (17-52 s after the burst trigger) shows a depletion of low-energy photons below about 50 keV. It is difficult to explain the depletion with by either synchrotron self-absorption or Comptonization. One possibility is that the low-energy depletion may be understood as a mixture of ``jitter'' radiation the usual synchrotron radiation component.

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