Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

A. Abramowski; F. Aharonian; F. Ait Benkhali; A.G. Akhperjanian; E. Angüner; G. Anton; S. Balenderan; Agnès Balzer; A. Barnacka; Y. Becherini; J. Becker Tjus; K. Bernlöhr; E. Birsin; E. Bissaldi; J. Biteau; M. Böttcher; C. Boisson; J. Bolmont; P. Bordas; J. Brucker; F. Brun; P. Brun; T. Bulik; S. Carrigan; S. Casanova; M. Cerruti; P.M. Chadwick; R. Chalme-Calvet; R.C.G. Chaves; A. Cheesebrough; M. Chrétien; S. Colafrancesco; G. Cologna; J. Conrad; C. Couturier; M. Dalton; M.K. Daniel; I.D. Davids; B. Degrange; C. Deil; P. Dewilt; H.J. Dickinson; A. Djannati-Ataï; W. Domainko; L.O'C. Drury; G. Dubus; K. Dutson; J. Dyks; M. Dyrda; T. Edwards; K. Egberts; P. Eger; P. Espigat; C. Farnier; S. Fegan; F. Feinstein; M.V. Fernandes; D. Fernandez; A. Fiasson; G. Fontaine; A. Förster; M. Füssling; M. Gajdus; Y.A. Gallant; T. Garrigoux; B. Giebels; J.F. Glicenstein; M.-H. Grondin; M. Grudzińska; S. Häffner; J. Hahn; J. Harris; G. Heinzelmann; G. Henri; G. Hermann; O. Hervet; A. Hillert; J.A. Hinton; W. Hofmann; P. Hofverberg; M. Holler; D. Horns; A. Jacholkowska; C. Jahn; M. Jamrozy; M. Janiak; F. Jankowsky; I. Jung; M.A. Kastendieck; K. Katarzyński; U. Katz; S. Kaufmann; B. Khélifi; Michel Kieffer; S. Klepser; D. Klochkov; W. Kluźniak; T. Kneiske; D. Kolitzus; Nu. Komin; K. Kosack; S. Krakau; F. Krayzel; P.P. Krüger; H. Laffon; G. Lamanna; J. Lefaucheur; A. Lemière; M. Lemoine-Goumard; J.-P. Lenain; D. Lennarz; T. Lohse; A. Lopatin; C.-C. Lu; V. Marandon; Alexandre Marcowith; R. Marx; G. Maurin; N. Maxted; M. Mayer; T.J.L. Mccomb; J. Méhault; U. Menzler; M. Meyer; R. Moderski; M. Mohamed; Emmanuel Moulin; T. Murach; C.L. Naumann; M. de Naurois; J. Niemiec; S.J. Nolan; L. Oakes; P.T. O'Brien; S. Ohm; E. de Oña Wilhelmi; B. Opitz; M. Ostrowski; I. Oya; M. Panter; R.D. Parsons; M. Paz Arribas; N.W. Pekeur; G. Pelletier; J. Perez; P.-O. Petrucci; B. Peyaud; S. Pita; H. Poon; G. Pühlhofer; M. Punch; A. Quirrenbach; S. Raab; M. Raue; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; Matthieu Renaud; R. de Los Reyes; F. Rieger; L. Rob; C. Romoli; S. Rosier-Lees; G. Rowell; B. Rudak; C.B. Rulten; V. Sahakian; D.A. Sanchez; A. Santangelo; R. Schlickeiser; F. Schüssler; A. Schulz; U. Schwanke; S. Schwarzburg; S. Schwemmer; H. Sol; G. Spengler; F. Spies; Ł. Stawarz; R. Steenkamp; C. Stegmann; F. Stinzing; K. Stycz; I. Sushch; A. Szostek; P.H.T. Tam; J.-P. Tavernet; T. Tavernier; A.M. Taylor; R. Terrier; M. Tluczykont; C. Trichard; K. Valerius; C. van Eldik; George Vasileiadis; C. Venter; A. Viana; P. Vincent; H.J. Völk; F. Volpe; M. Vorster; S.J. Wagner; P. Wagner; M. Ward; M. Weidinger; Q. Weitzel; R. White; A. Wierzcholska; P. Willmann; A. Wörnlein; D. Wouters; M. Zacharias; A. Zajczyk; A.A. Zdziarski; A. Zech; H.-S. Zechli

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Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

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Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, A.G. Akhperjanian, E. Angüner, G. Anton, S. Balenderan, Agnès Balzer, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini, …

Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A, Vol.565

05/2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322984

Abstract

The long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 100621A, at the time the brightest X-ray transient ever detected by Swift-XRT in the 0.3--10 keV range, has been observed with the H.E.S.S. imaging air Cherenkov telescope array, sensitive to gamma radiation in the very-high-energy (VHE, >100 GeV) regime. Due to its relatively small redshift of z∼0.5, the favourable position in the southern sky and the relatively short follow-up time (<700s after the satellite trigger) of the H.E.S.S. observations, this GRB could be within the sensitivity reach of the H.E.S.S. instrument. The analysis of the H.E.S.S. data shows no indication of emission and yields an integral flux upper limit above ∼380 GeV of 4.2×10−12cm−2s−1 (95 % confidence level), assuming a simple Band function extension model. A comparison to a spectral-temporal model, normalised to the prompt flux at sub-MeV energies, constraints the existence of a temporally extended and strong additional hard power law, as has been observed in the other bright X-ray GRB 130427A. A comparison between the H.E.S.S. upper limit and the contemporaneous energy output in X-rays constrains the ratio between the X-ray and VHE gamma-ray fluxes to be greater than 0.4. This value is an important quantity for modelling the afterglow and can constrain leptonic emission scenarios, where leptons are responsible for the X-ray emission and might produce VHE gamma rays.

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Title: Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S
Creators - without role: A. Abramowski - Universität Hamburg
F. Aharonian - Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
F. Ait Benkhali
A.G. Akhperjanian - National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
E. Angüner - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
G. Anton - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
S. Balenderan - Durham University
Agnès Balzer - University of Potsdam
A. Barnacka - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
Y. Becherini - Heidelberg University
J. Becker Tjus
K. Bernlöhr - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
E. Birsin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
E. Bissaldi - Universität Innsbruck
J. Biteau - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. Böttcher - North-West University
C. Boisson - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
J. Bolmont - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
P. Bordas - University of Tübingen
J. Brucker - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
F. Brun - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Brun - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
T. Bulik - University of Warsaw
S. Carrigan - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
S. Casanova - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Cerruti - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
P.M. Chadwick - Durham University
R. Chalme-Calvet - Sorbonne Université
R.C.G. Chaves - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
A. Cheesebrough - Durham University
M. Chrétien - Sorbonne Université
S. Colafrancesco - University of the Witwatersrand
G. Cologna - Heidelberg University
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
C. Couturier - Université Paris Cité
M. Dalton - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
M.K. Daniel - Durham University
I.D. Davids - University of Namibia
B. Degrange - École Polytechnique
C. Deil - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Dewilt - University of Adelaide
H.J. Dickinson - Stockholm University
A. Djannati-Ataï - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
W. Domainko - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
L.O'C. Drury
G. Dubus - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
K. Dutson - University of Leicester
J. Dyks - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
M. Dyrda - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
T. Edwards - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
K. Egberts - Universität Innsbruck
P. Eger - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Espigat - Sorbonne Paris Cité
C. Farnier - Stockholm University
S. Fegan - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
F. Feinstein - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
M.V. Fernandes - Universität Hamburg
D. Fernandez - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
A. Fiasson - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
G. Fontaine - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
A. Förster - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Füssling
M. Gajdus - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Y.A. Gallant - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
T. Garrigoux - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
B. Giebels - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
J.F. Glicenstein - CEA Paris-Saclay
M.-H. Grondin - Heidelberg University
M. Grudzińska - University of Warsaw
S. Häffner - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
J. Hahn - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
J. Harris - Durham University
G. Heinzelmann - Universität Hamburg
G. Henri - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
G. Hermann - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
O. Hervet - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
A. Hillert - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
J.A. Hinton - University of Leicester
W. Hofmann - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Hofverberg - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Holler - University of Potsdam
D. Horns - Universität Hamburg
A. Jacholkowska - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
C. Jahn - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M. Jamrozy - Jagiellonian University
M. Janiak - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
F. Jankowsky - Heidelberg University
I. Jung - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M.A. Kastendieck - Universität Hamburg
K. Katarzyński - Nicolaus Copernicus University
U. Katz - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
S. Kaufmann - Heidelberg University
B. Khélifi - École Polytechnique
Michel Kieffer - Sorbonne Université
S. Klepser
D. Klochkov - University of Tübingen
W. Kluźniak - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
T. Kneiske - Universität Hamburg
D. Kolitzus - Universität Innsbruck
Nu. Komin - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
K. Kosack - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
S. Krakau - Ruhr University Bochum
F. Krayzel - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
P.P. Krüger - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
H. Laffon - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
G. Lamanna - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
J. Lefaucheur - Université Paris Cité
A. Lemière - Sorbonne Paris Cité
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J.-P. Lenain - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
D. Lennarz - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
T. Lohse - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
A. Lopatin - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C.-C. Lu - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
V. Marandon - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Alexandre Marcowith - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
R. Marx - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
G. Maurin - Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules
N. Maxted - University of Adelaide
M. Mayer - University of Potsdam
T.J.L. Mccomb - Durham University
J. Méhault - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
U. Menzler - Ruhr University Bochum
M. Meyer - Universität Hamburg
R. Moderski - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
M. Mohamed - Heidelberg University
Emmanuel Moulin - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
T. Murach - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
C.L. Naumann - Sorbonne Université
M. de Naurois - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
J. Niemiec - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
S.J. Nolan - Durham University
L. Oakes - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
P.T. O'Brien
S. Ohm - University of Leicester
E. de Oña Wilhelmi - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
B. Opitz - Universität Hamburg
M. Ostrowski - Jagiellonian University
I. Oya
M. Panter - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R.D. Parsons - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Paz Arribas
N.W. Pekeur - North-West University
G. Pelletier - Université Joseph Fourier
J. Perez - Universität Innsbruck
P.-O. Petrucci - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
B. Peyaud - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
S. Pita - Délégation Paris 7
H. Poon - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
G. Pühlhofer - University of Tübingen
M. Punch - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
A. Quirrenbach - Heidelberg University
S. Raab - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
M. Raue - Universität Hamburg
A. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
O. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
Matthieu Renaud - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
R. de Los Reyes - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
F. Rieger - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
L. Rob - Charles University
C. Romoli - Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
S. Rosier-Lees - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
G. Rowell - University of Adelaide
B. Rudak - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
C.B. Rulten - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
V. Sahakian - A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory
D.A. Sanchez
A. Santangelo - University of Tübingen
R. Schlickeiser - Ruhr University Bochum
F. Schüssler
A. Schulz
U. Schwanke - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
S. Schwarzburg - University of Tübingen
S. Schwemmer - Heidelberg University
H. Sol - Université Paris Cité
G. Spengler - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
F. Spies - Universität Hamburg
Ł. Stawarz - Jagiellonian University
R. Steenkamp - University of Namibia
C. Stegmann - University of Potsdam
F. Stinzing - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
K. Stycz
I. Sushch - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
A. Szostek - Jagiellonian University
P.H.T. Tam - National Tsing Hua University
J.-P. Tavernet - Sorbonne Université
T. Tavernier - Délégation Paris 7
A.M. Taylor - Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
R. Terrier - Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
M. Tluczykont - Universität Hamburg
C. Trichard - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
K. Valerius - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. van Eldik - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
George Vasileiadis - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
C. Venter - North-West University
A. Viana - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. Vincent - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
H.J. Völk - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
F. Volpe - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
M. Vorster - North-West University
S.J. Wagner - Heidelberg University
P. Wagner - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
M. Ward - Durham University
M. Weidinger - Ruhr University Bochum
Q. Weitzel - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
R. White - University of Leicester
A. Wierzcholska - Jagiellonian University
P. Willmann - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
A. Wörnlein - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
D. Wouters - Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
M. Zacharias - Ruhr University Bochum
A. Zajczyk - Université de Montpellier
A.A. Zdziarski - Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
A. Zech - Universität Hamburg
H.-S. Zechli
Publication Details: Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A, Vol.565
Identifiers: 9941522209311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-01020011