CONSTRAINTS ON VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GRB 130427A

E. Aliu; T. Aune; A. Barnacka; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; K. Berger; J. Biteau; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; K. Byrum; J. V. Cardenzana; M. Cerruti; X. Chen; L. Ciupik; V. Connaughton; W. Cui; H. J. Dickinson; J. D. Eisch; M. Errando; A. Falcone; S. Federici; Q. Feng; J. P. Finley; H. Fleischhack; P. Fortin; L. Fortson; A. Furniss; N. Galante; G. H. Gillanders; S. Griffin; S. T. Griffiths; J. Grube; G. Gyuk; N. Hakansson; D. Hanna; J. Holder; G. Hughes; T. B. Humensky; C. A. Johnson; P. Kaaret; P. Kar; M. Kertzman; Y. Khassen; D. Kieda; H. Krawczynski; F. Krennrich; M. J. Lang; A. S. Madhavan; G. Maier; S. McArthur; A. McCann; K. Meagher; J. Millis; P. Moriarty; R. Mukherjee; D. Nieto; A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe; R. A. Ong; A. N. Otte; N. Park; M. Pohl; A. Popkow; H. Prokoph; E. Pueschel; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; J. Rajotte; L. C. Reyes; P. T. Reynolds; G. T. Richards; E. Roache; G. H. Sembroski; K. Shahinyan; A. W. Smith; D. Staszak; I. Telezhinsky; J. V. Tucci; J. Tyler; A. Varlotta; V. V. Vassiliev; S. Vincent; S. P. Wakely; O. M. Weiner; A. Weinstein; R. Welsing; A. Wilhelm; D. A. Williams; B. Zitzer; J. E. McEnery; J. S. Perkins; P. Veres; S. Zhu; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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CONSTRAINTS ON VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GRB 130427A

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CONSTRAINTS ON VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GRB 130427A

E. Aliu, T. Aune, A. Barnacka, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, K. Berger, J. Biteau, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, K. Byrum, …

Astrophysical journal. Letters, v 795(1)

01 Nov 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/795/1/L3

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Prompt emission from the very fluent and nearby (z = 0.34) gamma-ray burst GRB130427A was detected by several orbiting telescopes and by ground-based, wide-field-of-view optical transient monitors. Apart from the intensity and proximity of this GRB, it is exceptional due to the extremely long-lived high-energy (100 MeV to 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission, which was detected by the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope for similar to 70 ks after the initial burst. The persistent, hard-spectrum, high-energy emission suggests that the highest-energy gamma rays may have been produced via synchrotron self-Compton processes though there is also evidence that the high-energy emission may instead be an extension of the synchrotron spectrum. VERITAS, a ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array, began follow-up observations of GRB130427A similar to 71 ks (similar to 20 hr) after the onset of the burst. The GRB was not detected with VERITAS; however, the high elevation of the observations, coupled with the low redshift of the GRB, make VERITAS a very sensitive probe of the emission from GRB130427A for E > 100 GeV. The non-detection and consequent upper limit derived place constraints on the synchrotron self-Compton model of high-energy gamma-ray emission from this burst.

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Title: CONSTRAINTS ON VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GRB 130427A
Creators: E. Aliu - Columbia University
T. Aune - University of California, Los Angeles
A. Barnacka - Harvard University
M. Beilicke - Washington University in St. Louis
W. Benbow - Harvard University
K. Berger - University of Delaware
J. Biteau - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
J. H. Buckley - Washington University in St. Louis
V. Bugaev - Washington University in St. Louis
K. Byrum - Argonne National Laboratory
J. V. Cardenzana - Iowa State University
M. Cerruti - Harvard University
X. Chen - University of Potsdam
L. Ciupik - Adler Planetarium
V. Connaughton - University of Alabama in Huntsville
W. Cui - Purdue University West Lafayette
H. J. Dickinson - Iowa State University
J. D. Eisch - Iowa State University
M. Errando - Columbia University
A. Falcone - Pennsylvania State University
S. Federici - University of Potsdam
Q. Feng - Purdue University West Lafayette
J. P. Finley - Purdue University West Lafayette
H. Fleischhack - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
P. Fortin - Harvard University
L. Fortson - University of Minnesota
A. Furniss - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
N. Galante - Harvard University
G. H. Gillanders - National University of Ireland, Galway
S. Griffin - McGill University
S. T. Griffiths - University of Iowa
J. Grube - Adler Planetarium
G. Gyuk - Adler Planetarium
N. Hakansson - University of Potsdam
D. Hanna - McGill University
J. Holder - University of Delaware
G. Hughes - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
T. B. Humensky - Columbia University
C. A. Johnson - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
P. Kaaret - University of Iowa
P. Kar - University of Utah
M. Kertzman - DePauw University
Y. Khassen - University College Dublin
D. Kieda - University of Utah
H. Krawczynski - Washington University in St. Louis
F. Krennrich - Iowa State University
M. J. Lang - National University of Ireland, Galway
A. S. Madhavan - Iowa State University
G. Maier - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
S. McArthur - University of Chicago
A. McCann - University of Chicago
K. Meagher - Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Millis - Anderson University - Indiana
P. Moriarty - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
R. Mukherjee - Columbia University
D. Nieto - Columbia University
A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
R. A. Ong - University of California, Los Angeles
A. N. Otte - Georgia Institute of Technology
N. Park - University of Chicago
M. Pohl - University of Potsdam
A. Popkow - University of California, Los Angeles
H. Prokoph - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
E. Pueschel - University College Dublin
J. Quinn - University College Dublin
K. Ragan - McGill University
J. Rajotte - McGill University
L. C. Reyes - California Polytechnic State University
P. T. Reynolds - Cork Institute of Technology
G. T. Richards - Georgia Institute of Technology
E. Roache - Harvard University
G. H. Sembroski - Purdue University West Lafayette
K. Shahinyan - University of Minnesota
A. W. Smith - University of Utah
D. Staszak - McGill University
I. Telezhinsky - University of Potsdam
J. V. Tucci - Purdue University West Lafayette
J. Tyler - McGill University
A. Varlotta - Purdue University West Lafayette
V. V. Vassiliev - University of California, Los Angeles
S. Vincent - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
S. P. Wakely - University of Chicago
O. M. Weiner - Columbia University
A. Weinstein - Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA
R. Welsing - DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
A. Wilhelm - University of Potsdam
D. A. Williams - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
B. Zitzer - Argonne National Laboratory
J. E. McEnery - University of Maryland, College Park
J. S. Perkins - Goddard Space Flight Center
P. Veres - Pennsylvania State University
S. Zhu - University of Maryland, College Park
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Details: Astrophysical journal. Letters, v 795(1)
Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: NSERC in Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) SFI 10/RFP/AST2748 / Science Foundation Ireland; European Commission 1307311 / Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) NNX12AE30G / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 1307443 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) STFC in the U.K; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000345455500003
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84908143413
Other Identifier: 991019201367704721

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