Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B

Authors

Jay P. Norris, Boise State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2012

Abstract

The double burst, GRB 110709B, triggered the Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) twice at 21:32:39 UT and 21:43:45 UT, respectively, on 2011 July 9. This is the first time we observed a gamma-ray burst (GRB) with two BAT triggers. In this paper, we present simultaneous Swift and Konus-WIND observations of this unusual GRB and its afterglow. If the two events originated from the same physical progenitor, their different time-dependent spectral evolution suggests they must belong to different episodes of the central engine, which may be a magnetar-to-BH accretion system.

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Publication Information

Norris, Jay P.. (2012). "Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B". The Astrophysical Journal, 748(2), 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/748/2/132