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Title: PROGENITOR MODELS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT GAMMA RAY BURST 130603B

Abstract

An electromagnetic transient powered by the radioactive decay of r-process elements, a so-called kilonova/macronova, is one of the possible observable consequences of compact binary mergers including at least one neutron star. Recent observations strongly suggest the discovery of the first electromagnetic transient, which is associated with the short gamma ray burst 130603B. We explore a possible progenitor of this event by combining numerical-relativity simulations and radiative transfer simulations of the dynamical ejecta of binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star mergers. We show that the ejecta models within a realistic parameter range consistently reproduce the observed near-infrared excess. We also show that the soft equation-of-state models for binary neutron star mergers and the stiff equation-of-state models for black hole-neutron star mergers are suitable for reproducing the observed luminosity.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ;  [3]; ; ;  [4]
  1. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (United States)
  3. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo (Japan)
  4. Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22364136
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 778; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; BINARY STARS; BLACK HOLES; COMPACTS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; LUMINOSITY; NEUTRON STARS; NUCLEAR DECAY; R PROCESS; RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER; STAR MODELS; TRANSIENTS

Citation Formats

Hotokezaka, Kenta, Kyutoku, Koutarou, Tanaka, Masaomi, Wanajo, Shinya, Kiuchi, Kenta, Sekiguchi, Yuichiro, and Shibata, Masaru. PROGENITOR MODELS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT GAMMA RAY BURST 130603B. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L16.
Hotokezaka, Kenta, Kyutoku, Koutarou, Tanaka, Masaomi, Wanajo, Shinya, Kiuchi, Kenta, Sekiguchi, Yuichiro, & Shibata, Masaru. PROGENITOR MODELS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT GAMMA RAY BURST 130603B. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L16
Hotokezaka, Kenta, Kyutoku, Koutarou, Tanaka, Masaomi, Wanajo, Shinya, Kiuchi, Kenta, Sekiguchi, Yuichiro, and Shibata, Masaru. 2013. "PROGENITOR MODELS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT GAMMA RAY BURST 130603B". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L16.
@article{osti_22364136,
title = {PROGENITOR MODELS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT GAMMA RAY BURST 130603B},
author = {Hotokezaka, Kenta and Kyutoku, Koutarou and Tanaka, Masaomi and Wanajo, Shinya and Kiuchi, Kenta and Sekiguchi, Yuichiro and Shibata, Masaru},
abstractNote = {An electromagnetic transient powered by the radioactive decay of r-process elements, a so-called kilonova/macronova, is one of the possible observable consequences of compact binary mergers including at least one neutron star. Recent observations strongly suggest the discovery of the first electromagnetic transient, which is associated with the short gamma ray burst 130603B. We explore a possible progenitor of this event by combining numerical-relativity simulations and radiative transfer simulations of the dynamical ejecta of binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star mergers. We show that the ejecta models within a realistic parameter range consistently reproduce the observed near-infrared excess. We also show that the soft equation-of-state models for binary neutron star mergers and the stiff equation-of-state models for black hole-neutron star mergers are suitable for reproducing the observed luminosity.},
doi = {10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L16},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364136}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal Letters},
issn = {2041-8205},
number = 1,
volume = 778,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}