INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton Observations of GRB040106

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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10.1051/0004-6361:20041267

On January 6th 2004, the IBAS burst alert system triggered the 8th gamma-ray burst (GRB) to be located by the INTEGRAL satellite. The position was determined and publicly distributed within 12s, prompting ESA's XMM-Newton to execute a ToO observation just 5 hours later, during which an X-ray afterglow was detected. The GRB had a duration ~52s with two distinct pulses separated by \~42s. Here we present the results of imaging and spectral analyses of the prompt emission from INTEGRAL data and the X-ray afterglow from XMM-Newton data. The gamma-ray spectrum is consistent with a single power-law of photon index -1.72 +/- 0.15. The fluence (20-200 keV) was 8.2 x 10^-7 erg cm^-2. The X-ray afterglow (F_nu (t) propto nu^-beta_X t^-delta) was extremely hard with beta_X = 0.47 +/- 0.01 and delta = 1.46 +/- 0.04. The 2-10 keV flux 11 hours after the burst was 1.1 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1. The time profile of the GRB is consistent with the observed trends from previous analysis of BATSE GRBs. We find that the X-ray data are not well-fit by either a simple spherical fireball or by a speading jet, expanding into a homogeneous medium or a wind environment. Based on previously determined correlations between GRB spectra and redshift, we estimate a redshift of ~0.9^+0.5_-0.4 (1 sigma) and a lower limit on the isotropic radiated energy of ~5 x 10^51 erg in this burst.

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