Swift and Fermi Observations of the Early Afterglow of the Short Gamma- Ray Burst 090510

M. De Pasquale, P. Schady, N.~P.~M. Kuin, M.~J. Page, P.~A. Curran, S. Zane, S.~R. Oates, S.~T. Holland, A.~A. Breeveld, E.~A. Hoversten, G. Chincarini, D. Grupe, A.~A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, M. Axelsson, L. Baldini, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, M.~G. BaringD. Bastieri, K. Bechtol, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, E. Bissaldi, R.~D. Blandford, E.~D. Bloom, E. Bonamente, A.~W. Borgland, A. Bouvier, J. Bregeon, A. Brez, M.~S. Briggs, M. Brigida, P. Bruel, T.~H. Burnett, S. Buson, G.~A. Caliandro, R.~A. Cameron, P.~A. Caraveo, S. Carrigan, J.~M. Casandjian, C. Cecchi, Ö. Çelik, A. Chekhtman, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, V. Connaughton, J. Conrad, C.~D. Dermer, A. de Angelis, F. de Palma, B.~L. Dingus, E. do Couto e. Silva, P.~S. Drell, R. Dubois, D. Dumora, C. Farnier, C. Favuzzi, S.~J. Fegan, G. Fishman, W.~B. Focke, M. Frailis, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Gehrels, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, J. Granot, J. Greiner, I.~A. Grenier, J.~E. Grove, L. Guillemot, S. Guiriec, A.~K. Harding, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, D. Horan, R.~E. Hughes, M.~S. Jackson, G. Jóhannesson, A.~S. Johnson, W.~N. Johnson, T. Kamae, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, M. Kerr, R.~M. Kippen, J. Knödlseder, D. Kocevski, M. Kuss, J. Lande, L. Latronico, M. Lemoine- Goumard, F. Longo, F. Loparco, B. Lott, M.~N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, A. Makeev, M.~N. Mazziotta, J.~E. McEnery, S. McGlynn, C. Meegan, P. Mészáros, C. Meurer, P.~F. Michelson, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, C. Monte, M.~E. Monzani, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, I.~V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, P.~L. Nolan, J.~P. Norris, E. Nuss, M. Ohno, T. Ohsugi, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, J.~F. Ormes, W.~S. Paciesas, D. Paneque, J.~H. Panetta, D. Parent, V. Pelassa, M. Pepe, M. Pesce-Rollins, F. Piron, T.~A. Porter, R. Preece, S. Rainò, R. Rando, M. Razzano, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, T. Reposeur, S. Ritz, L.~S. Rochester, A.~Y. Rodriguez, M. Roth, F. Ryde, H.~F. -W. Sadrozinski, A. Sander, P.~M. Saz Parkinson, J.~D. Scargle, T.~L. Schalk, C. Sgrò, E.~J. Siskind, P.~D. Smith, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, M. Stamatikos, J. -L. Starck, F.~W. Stecker, M.~S. Strickman, D.~J. Suson, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, J.~B. Thayer, J.~G. Thayer, D.~J. Thompson, L. Tibaldo, K. Toma, D.~F. Torres, G. Tosti, A. Tramacere, Y. Uchiyama, T. Uehara, T.~L. Usher, A.~J. van der Horst, V. Vasileiou, N. Vilchez, V. Vitale, A. von Kienlin, A.~P. Waite, P. Wang, B.~L. Winer, K.~S. Wood, X.~F. Wu, R. Yamazaki, T. Ylinen, M. Ziegler

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Abstract



We present the observations of GRB090510 performed by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope and the Swift observatory. This is a bright, short burst that shows an extended emission detected in the GeV range. Furthermore, its optical emission initially rises, a feature so far observed only in long bursts, while the X-ray flux shows an initial shallow decrease, followed by a steeper decay. This exceptional behavior enables us to investigate the physical properties of the gamma-ray burst outflow, poorly known in short bursts. We discuss internal and external shock models for the broadband energy emission of this object.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L146-L151
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume709
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2010

Keywords

  • gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB090510, relativistic processes, shock waves, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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