The Swift X-ray flaring afterglow of GRB 050607

Claudio Pagani; David C. Morris; Shiho Kobayashi; Takanori Sakamoto; Abraham D. Falcone; Alberto Moretti; Kim Page; David N. Burrows; Dirk Grupe; Judith Racusin; Jamie A. Kennea; Sergio Campana; Patrizia Romano; Gianpiero Tagliaferri; Jamie A. Kennea; Joanne E. Hill; Lorella Angelini; Scott Barthelmy; Guido Chincarini; John A. Nousek; Neil Gehrels

doi:10.1063/1.2207911

The Swift X-ray flaring afterglow of GRB 050607

Claudio Pagani, David C. Morris, Shiho Kobayashi, Takanori Sakamoto, Abraham D. Falcone, Alberto Moretti, Kim Page, David N. Burrows, Dirk Grupe, Judith Racusin, Jamie A. Kennea, Sergio Campana, Patrizia Romano, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Jamie A. Kennea, Joanne E. Hill, Lorella Angelini, Scott Barthelmy, Guido Chincarini, John A. NousekNeil Gehrels

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The fast and autonomous response of the Swift satellite to newly detected Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) has provided a new view on their X-ray and optical afterglows. We present here the X-ray Telescope observations of GRB 050607. The striking feature of the X-ray emission is the intense flaring activity during the early afterglow phase, indicative of central engine activity extended to several hundred seconds after the burst detection. The flares have very rapid timing variations and asymmetric shapes, similar to the FREDs that are frequently observed in the prompt GRB emission. After the flares, the X-ray lightcurve entered a phase of slow decay during which the forward shocks were probably being refreshed, followed by a late steepening consistent with the standard external shock model. Analysis of the X-ray emission showed spectral variations during the flares, with a harder spectrum at the flares onset and a softer component that lingered longer, as each flare decayed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA
Subtitle of host publication	Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Pages	317-320
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207911
State	Published - May 19 2006
Event	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference - Washington, D.C., United States Duration: Nov 29 2005 → Dec 2 2005

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	836
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, D.C.
Period	11/29/05 → 12/2/05

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Pagani, C., Morris, D. C., Kobayashi, S., Sakamoto, T., Falcone, A. D., Moretti, A., Page, K., Burrows, D. N., Grupe, D., Racusin, J., Kennea, J. A., Campana, S., Romano, P., Tagliaferri, G., Kennea, J. A., Hill, J. E., Angelini, L., Barthelmy, S., Chincarini, G., ... Gehrels, N. (2006). The Swift X-ray flaring afterglow of GRB 050607. In GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference (pp. 317-320). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 836). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207911

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