Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long $\gamma$-ray burst

V.A. Acciari; S. Ansoldi; L.A. Antonelli; A. Arbet Engels; D. Baack; A. Babić; B. Banerjee; U. Barres de Almeida; J.A. Barrio; J. Becerra González; W. Bednarek; L. Bellizzi; E. Bernardini; A. Berti; J. Besenrieder; W. Bhattacharyya; C. Bigongiari; A. Biland; O. Blanch; G. Bonnoli; Ž. Bošnjak; G. Busetto; R. Carosi; G. Ceribella; Y. Chai; A. Chilingaryan; S. Cikota; S.M. Colak; U. Colin; E. Colombo; J.L. Contreras; J. Cortina; S. Covino; V. d'Elia; P. da Vela; F. Dazzi; A. de Angelis; B. de Lotto; M. Delfino; J. Delgado; D. Depaoli; F. Di Pierro; L. Di Venere; E. Souto Espiñeira; D. Dominis Prester; A. Donini; D. Dorner; M. Doro; D. Elsaesser; V. Fallah Ramazani; A. Fattorini; G. Ferrara; D. Fidalgo; L. Foffano; M.V. Fonseca; L. Font; C. Fruck; S. Fukami; R.J. García López; M. Garczarczyk; S. Gasparyan; M. Gaug; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; N. Godinović; D. Green; D. Guberman; D. Hadasch; A. Hahn; J. Herrera; J. Hoang; D. Hrupec; M. Hütten; T. Inada; S. Inoue; K. Ishio; Y. Iwamura; L. Jouvin; D. Kerszberg; H. Kubo; J. Kushida; A. Lamastra; D. Lelas; F. Leone; E. Lindfors; S. Lombardi; F. Longo; M. López; R. López-Coto; A. López-Oramas; S. Loporchio; B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga; C. Maggio; P. Majumdar; M. Makariev; M. Mallamaci; G. Maneva; M. Manganaro; K. Mannheim; L. Maraschi; M. Mariotti; M. Martínez; D. Mazin; S. Mićanović; D. Miceli; M. Minev; J.M. Miranda; R. Mirzoyan; E. Molina; A. Moralejo; D. Morcuende; V. Moreno; E. Moretti; P. Munar-Adrover; V. Neustroev; C. Nigro; K. Nilsson; D. Ninci; K. Nishijima; K. Noda; L. Nogués; S. Nozaki; S. Paiano; M. Palatiello; D. Paneque; R. Paoletti; J.M. Paredes; P. Peñil; M. Peresano; M. Persic; P.G. Prada Moroni; E. Prandini; I. Puljak; W. Rhode; M. Ribó; J. Rico; C. Righi; A. Rugliancich; L. Saha; N. Sahakyan; T. Saito; S. Sakurai; K. Satalecka; K. Schmidt; T. Schweizer; J. Sitarek; I. Šnidarić; D. Sobczynska; A. Somero; A. Stamerra; D. Strom; M. Strzys; Y. Suda; T. Surić; M. Takahashi; F. Tavecchio; P. Temnikov; T. Terzić; M. Teshima; N. Torres-Albà; L. Tosti; V. Vagelli; J. van Scherpenberg; G. Vanzo; M. Vazquez Acosta; C.F. Vigorito; V. Vitale; I. Vovk; M. Will; D. Zarić; L. Nava; P. Veres; P.N. Bhat; M.S. Briggs; W.H. Cleveland; R. Hamburg; C.M. Hui; B. Mailyan; R.D. Preece; O.J. Roberts; A. von Kienlin; C.A. Wilson-Hodge; D. Kocevski; M. Arimoto; D. Tak; K. Asano; M. Axelsson; G. Barbiellini; E. Bissaldi; F. Fana Dirirsa; R. Gill; J. Granot; J. Mcenery; S. Razzaque; F. Piron; J.L. Racusin; D.J. Thompson; S. Campana; M.G. Bernardini; N.P.M. Kuin; M.H. Siegel; S. Bradley Cenko; P. O'Brien; M. Capalbi; A. d'Aì; M. de Pasquale; J. Gropp; N. Klingler; J.P. Osborne; M. Perri; R.L.C. Starling; G. Tagliaferri; A. Tohuvavohu; A. Ursi; M. Tavani; M. Cardillo; C. Casentini; G. Piano; Y. Evangelista; F. Verrecchia; C. Pittori; F. Lucarelli; A. Bulgarelli; N. Parmiggiani; G.E. Anderson; J.P. Anderson; G. Bernardi; J. Bolmer; M.D. Caballero-García; I.M. Carrasco; A. Castellón; N. Castro Segura; A.J. Castro-Tirado; S.V. Cherukuri; A.M. Cockeram; P. d'Avanzo; A. Di Dato; R. Diretse; R.P. Fender; E. Fernández-García; J.P.U. Fynbo; A.S. Fruchter; J. Greiner; M. Gromadzki; K.E. Heintz; I. Heywood; A.J. van Der Horst; Y.-D. Hu; C. Inserra; L. Izzo; V. Jaiswal; P. Jakobsson; J. Japelj; E. Kankare; D.A. Kann; C. Kouveliotou; S. Klose; A.J. Levan; X.Y. Li; S. Lotti; K. Maguire; D.B. Malesani; I. Manulis; M. Marongiu; S. Martin; A. Melandri; M.J. Michałowski; J.C.A. Miller-Jones; K. Misra; A. Moin; K.P. Mooley; S. Nasri; M. Nicholl; A. Noschese; G. Novara; S.B. Pandey; E. Peretti; C.J. Pérez del Pulgar; M.A. Pérez-Torres; D.A. Perley; L. Piro; F. Ragosta; L. Resmi; R. Ricci; A. Rossi; R. Sánchez-Ramírez; J. Selsing; S. Schulze; S.J. Smartt; I.A. Smith; V.V. Sokolov; J. Stevens; N.R. Tanvir; C.C. Thöne; A. Tiengo; E. Tremou; E. Troja; A. de Ugarte Postigo; S.D. Vergani; M. Wieringa; P.A. Woudt; D. Xu; O. Yaron; D.R. Young; N. Omodei; A.F. Valeev; A. Daì

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1754-6

$Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long $\gamma$-ray burst$

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Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long $\gamma$-ray burst

V.A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L.A. Antonelli, A. Arbet Engels, D. Baack, A. Babić, B. Banerjee, U. Barres de Almeida, J.A. Barrio, J. Becerra González, …

Nature, Vol.575(7783), pp.459-463

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1754-6

Abstract

gamma ray: burst

synchrotron radiation: emission

jet: interaction

star: massive

synchrotron

spectral

electron: energy

shock waves

radio wave

collapse

photon

Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterized by an initial phase of bright and highly variable radiation in the kiloelectronvolt-to-megaelectronvolt band, which is probably produced within the jet and lasts from milliseconds to minutes, known as the prompt emission 1$^{,}$2 . Subsequently, the interaction of the jet with the surrounding medium generates shock waves that are responsible for the afterglow emission, which lasts from days to months and occurs over a broad energy range from the radio to the gigaelectronvolt bands 1$^{–}$6 . The afterglow emission is generally well explained as synchrotron radiation emitted by electrons accelerated by the external shock 7$^{–}$9 . Recently, intense long-lasting emission between 0.2 and 1 teraelectronvolts was observed from GRB 190114C 10$^{,}$11 . Here we report multi-frequency observations of GRB 190114C, and study the evolution in time of the GRB emission across 17 orders of magnitude in energy, from 5 × 10$^{−6}$ to 10$^{12}$ electronvolts. We find that the broadband spectral energy distribution is double-peaked, with the teraelectronvolt emission constituting a distinct spectral component with power comparable to the synchrotron component. This component is associated with the afterglow and is satisfactorily explained by inverse Compton up-scattering of synchrotron photons by high-energy electrons. We find that the conditions required to account for the observed teraelectronvolt component are typical for GRBs, supporting the possibility that inverse Compton emission is commonly produced in GRBs.

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Title: Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long $\gamma$-ray burst
Creators - without role: V.A. Acciari - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
S. Ansoldi - University of Trieste
L.A. Antonelli - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Arbet Engels - ETH Zurich
D. Baack - TU Dortmund University
A. Babić - University of Zagreb
B. Banerjee - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
U. Barres de Almeida
J.A. Barrio - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
J. Becerra González
W. Bednarek - University of Łódź
L. Bellizzi - University of Siena
E. Bernardini - Brera Astronomical Observatory
A. Berti
J. Besenrieder - Max Planck Institute for Physics
W. Bhattacharyya - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
C. Bigongiari - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Biland - ETH Zurich
O. Blanch - Institute for High Energy Physics
G. Bonnoli - University of Siena
Ž. Bošnjak - University of Zagreb
G. Busetto - University of Padua
R. Carosi - University of Pisa
G. Ceribella - Max Planck Institute for Physics
Y. Chai - Max Planck Institute for Physics
A. Chilingaryan - A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory
S. Cikota - University of Zagreb
S.M. Colak - Institute for High Energy Physics
U. Colin - Max Planck Institute for Physics
E. Colombo - University of Alabama in Huntsville
J.L. Contreras - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
J. Cortina - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
S. Covino - National Institute for Astrophysics
V. d'Elia
P. da Vela - University of Pisa
F. Dazzi - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. de Angelis - INFN Sezione di Padova
B. de Lotto - University of Trieste
M. Delfino - Institute for High Energy Physics
J. Delgado - Institute for High Energy Physics
D. Depaoli
F. Di Pierro
L. Di Venere
E. Souto Espiñeira
D. Dominis Prester
A. Donini - University of Trieste
D. Dorner - University of Würzburg
M. Doro - University of Padua
D. Elsaesser - TU Dortmund University
V. Fallah Ramazani
A. Fattorini - TU Dortmund University
G. Ferrara - National Institute for Astrophysics
D. Fidalgo - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
L. Foffano - University of Padua
M.V. Fonseca - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
L. Font - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
C. Fruck - Max Planck Institute for Physics
S. Fukami - The University of Tokyo
R.J. García López
M. Garczarczyk - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
S. Gasparyan - International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network
M. Gaug - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
N. Giglietto
F. Giordano
N. Godinović - University of Split
D. Green - Max Planck Institute for Physics
D. Guberman - Institute for High Energy Physics
D. Hadasch - The University of Tokyo
A. Hahn - Max Planck Institute for Physics
J. Herrera - University of Alabama in Huntsville
J. Hoang - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
D. Hrupec - University of Osijek
M. Hütten - Max Planck Institute for Physics
T. Inada - The University of Tokyo
S. Inoue
K. Ishio - Max Planck Institute for Physics
Y. Iwamura - The University of Tokyo
L. Jouvin - Institute for High Energy Physics
D. Kerszberg - Institute for High Energy Physics
H. Kubo - Kyoto University
J. Kushida - Tokai University
A. Lamastra - National Institute for Astrophysics
D. Lelas - University of Split
F. Leone - National Institute for Astrophysics
E. Lindfors - Turku Centre for Computer Science
S. Lombardi - National Institute for Astrophysics
F. Longo - University of Trieste
M. López - University of Alabama in Huntsville
R. López-Coto - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
A. López-Oramas - University of Alabama in Huntsville
S. Loporchio
B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
C. Maggio - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
P. Majumdar - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
M. Makariev - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
M. Mallamaci - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
G. Maneva - Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
M. Manganaro - University of Rijeka
K. Mannheim - University of Würzburg
L. Maraschi - National Institute for Astrophysics
M. Mariotti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
M. Martínez - Institute for High Energy Physics
D. Mazin - Max Planck Institute for Physics
S. Mićanović - University of Rijeka
D. Miceli - University of Trieste
M. Minev - Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
J.M. Miranda - University of Siena
R. Mirzoyan - Max Planck Institute for Physics
E. Molina - Universitat de Barcelona
A. Moralejo - Institute for High Energy Physics
D. Morcuende - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
V. Moreno - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
E. Moretti - Institute for High Energy Physics
P. Munar-Adrover - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
V. Neustroev - University of Oulu
C. Nigro - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
K. Nilsson - Turku Centre for Computer Science
D. Ninci - Institute for High Energy Physics
K. Nishijima - Tokai University
K. Noda - The University of Tokyo
L. Nogués - Institute for High Energy Physics
S. Nozaki - Kyoto University
S. Paiano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
M. Palatiello - University of Trieste
D. Paneque - Max Planck Institute for Physics
R. Paoletti - University of Siena
J.M. Paredes - Universitat de Barcelona
P. Peñil - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
M. Peresano - University of Trieste
M. Persic - University of Trieste
P.G. Prada Moroni
E. Prandini - University of Padua
I. Puljak - University of Split
W. Rhode - TU Dortmund University
M. Ribó - Universitat de Barcelona
J. Rico - Institute for High Energy Physics
C. Righi - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Rugliancich - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
L. Saha - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
N. Sahakyan - International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network
T. Saito - The University of Tokyo
S. Sakurai - The University of Tokyo
K. Satalecka - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
K. Schmidt - TU Dortmund University
T. Schweizer - Max Planck Institute for Physics
J. Sitarek - University of Łódź
I. Šnidarić - Rudjer Boskovic Institute
D. Sobczynska - University of Łódź
A. Somero - University of Alabama in Huntsville
A. Stamerra - Marshall Space Flight Center
D. Strom - Max Planck Institute for Physics
M. Strzys - Max Planck Institute for Physics
Y. Suda - Max Planck Institute for Physics
T. Surić - Rudjer Boskovic Institute
M. Takahashi - The University of Tokyo
F. Tavecchio - Marshall Space Flight Center
P. Temnikov - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
T. Terzić - University of Rijeka
M. Teshima - Max Planck Institute for Physics
N. Torres-Albà - Universitat de Barcelona
L. Tosti
V. Vagelli
J. van Scherpenberg - Max Planck Institute for Physics
G. Vanzo - University of Alabama in Huntsville
M. Vazquez Acosta
C.F. Vigorito
V. Vitale
I. Vovk - Max Planck Institute for Physics
M. Will - Max Planck Institute for Physics
D. Zarić - University of Split
L. Nava - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
P. Veres - University of Alabama in Huntsville
P.N. Bhat - University of Alabama in Huntsville
M.S. Briggs - University of Alabama in Huntsville
W.H. Cleveland - Universities Space Research Association
R. Hamburg - University of Alabama in Huntsville
C.M. Hui - Marshall Space Flight Center
B. Mailyan - University of Alabama in Huntsville
R.D. Preece - University of Alabama in Huntsville
O.J. Roberts - Universities Space Research Association
A. von Kienlin - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
C.A. Wilson-Hodge - Marshall Space Flight Center
D. Kocevski - Marshall Space Flight Center
M. Arimoto - Kanazawa University
D. Tak - Goddard Space Flight Center
K. Asano - The University of Tokyo
M. Axelsson - KTH Royal Institute of Technology
G. Barbiellini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
E. Bissaldi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Fana Dirirsa
R. Gill - Open University of Israel
J. Granot - Open University of Israel
J. Mcenery - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Razzaque - University of Johannesburg
F. Piron - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
J.L. Racusin - Goddard Space Flight Center
D.J. Thompson - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Campana - Brera Astronomical Observatory
M.G. Bernardini - Brera Astronomical Observatory
N.P.M. Kuin - University College London
M.H. Siegel - Pennsylvania State University
S. Bradley Cenko - University of Maryland, College Park
P. O'Brien
M. Capalbi - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. d'Aì
M. de Pasquale - Istanbul University
J. Gropp - Pennsylvania State University
N. Klingler - Pennsylvania State University
J.P. Osborne - University of Leicester
M. Perri - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
R.L.C. Starling - University of Leicester
G. Tagliaferri - National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Tohuvavohu - Pennsylvania State University
A. Ursi - National Institute for Astrophysics
M. Tavani - Gran Sasso Science Institute
M. Cardillo - National Institute for Astrophysics
C. Casentini - National Institute for Astrophysics
G. Piano - National Institute for Astrophysics
Y. Evangelista - National Institute for Astrophysics
F. Verrecchia - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. Pittori - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
F. Lucarelli - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
A. Bulgarelli - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Parmiggiani - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
G.E. Anderson - International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
J.P. Anderson - European Southern Observatory
G. Bernardi - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
J. Bolmer - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
M.D. Caballero-García - University of Alabama in Huntsville
I.M. Carrasco - Universidad de Málaga
A. Castellón - Universidad de Málaga
N. Castro Segura
A.J. Castro-Tirado - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
S.V. Cherukuri - Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
A.M. Cockeram - Liverpool John Moores University
P. d'Avanzo
A. Di Dato
R. Diretse - University of Cape Town
R.P. Fender - University of Oxford
E. Fernández-García - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
J.P.U. Fynbo
A.S. Fruchter - Space Telescope Science Institute
J. Greiner - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
M. Gromadzki - University of Warsaw
K.E. Heintz - University of Iceland
I. Heywood - University of Oxford
A.J. van Der Horst - George Washington University
Y.-D. Hu - Universidad de Granada
C. Inserra - Cardiff University
L. Izzo - University of Copenhagen
V. Jaiswal - Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
P. Jakobsson - University of Iceland
J. Japelj - University of Amsterdam
E. Kankare - University of Turku
D.A. Kann
C. Kouveliotou - George Washington University
S. Klose - Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
A.J. Levan - Radboud University Nijmegen
X.Y. Li - Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology
S. Lotti - National Institute for Astrophysics
K. Maguire - Trinity College Dublin
D.B. Malesani - Technical University of Denmark
I. Manulis - Weizmann Institute of Science
M. Marongiu - International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics
S. Martin - Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter Array
A. Melandri - Brera Astronomical Observatory
M.J. Michałowski - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
J.C.A. Miller-Jones
K. Misra - University of California, Davis
A. Moin - United Arab Emirates University
K.P. Mooley - California Institute of Technology
S. Nasri - United Arab Emirates University
M. Nicholl - University of Birmingham
A. Noschese
G. Novara - National Institute for Astrophysics
S.B. Pandey - Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
E. Peretti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
C.J. Pérez del Pulgar
M.A. Pérez-Torres
D.A. Perley - Liverpool John Moores University
L. Piro - National Institute for Astrophysics
F. Ragosta - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
L. Resmi - Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
R. Ricci - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
A. Rossi - National Institute for Astrophysics
R. Sánchez-Ramírez - National Institute for Astrophysics
J. Selsing
S. Schulze - Weizmann Institute of Science
S.J. Smartt - Queen's University Belfast
I.A. Smith - Rice University
V.V. Sokolov
J. Stevens - Australia Telescope National Facility
N.R. Tanvir - University of Leicester
C.C. Thöne - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
A. Tiengo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia
E. Tremou - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
E. Troja - University of Maryland, College Park
A. de Ugarte Postigo - University of Copenhagen
S.D. Vergani - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. Wieringa - Astronomy and Space
P.A. Woudt - University of Cape Town
D. Xu - National Astronomical Observatories
O. Yaron - Weizmann Institute of Science
D.R. Young - Queen's University Belfast
N. Omodei - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A.F. Valeev - Special Astrophysical Observatory
A. Daì
Publication Details: Nature, Vol.575(7783), pp.459-463
Identifiers: 9939503309311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
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