Swift multi-wavelength observations of the bright flaring burst GRB051117A

Details Swift multi-wavelength observations of the bright flaring burst GRB051117A Swift multi-wavelength observations of the bright flaring burst GRB051117A

2006-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612661v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted 15/3/2007 - To appear in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20066874

We report on the temporal and spectral characteristics of the early X-ray emission from the Gamma Ray Burst 051117A as observed by Swift. The superb quality of the early X-ray light-curve and spectra of this source, one of the brightest seen by the X-ray Telescope at such early times, allows an unprecedented look at the spectral and temporal evolution of the prompt and early afterglow emission for this GRB and allows us to place stringent limits on the detection of lines. The X-ray light-curve at early times is characteristic of a shot-noise process, with individual shots well-modelled by a fast-rise and exponential decay spanning a broad range in rise-times and decay rates. A temporal spectral analysis of the early light-curve shows that the photon index and source intensity are highly correlated with the spectrum being significantly harder when brighter, consistent with the movement of the peak of the Band function to lower energies following individual flares. The high quality spectrum obtained from the first orbit of WT mode data, enables us to place a 3 sigma upper limit on the strength of any emission line features of EW < 15 eV, assuming a narrow emission-line of 100 eV at the peak of the effective area (abridged).

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