radio afterglows of gamma ray bursts
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Radio afterglows of Gamma Ray Bursts. Poonam Chandra National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Collaborator: Dale Frail and many others. Radio Afterglows. Late time follow up. Accurate energetics instead of “isotropic equivalent” energy . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Radio afterglows of Gamma Ray
BurstsPoonam Chandra
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Collaborator: Dale Frail and many others
Radio AfterglowsO Late time follow up.O Accurate energetics instead of “isotropic
equivalent” energy .O Radio scintillation: Constraints on fireball
size (Goodman 1997).O Radio VLBI – Fireball expansion.O Reverse Shocks: 6 times more prominent
in radio afterglows than optical afterglows. O Density estimation O Detectable at high redshifts.
Multiwaveband Modeling
Radio AfterglowsO Late time follow up.O Accurate energy instead of “isotropic
equivalent” energy .O Radio scintillation: Constraints on fireball
size O Radio VLBI – Fireball expansion.O Reverse Shocks: 6 times more prominent
in radio afterglows than optical afterglows. O Density estimationO Detectable at high redshifts.
Negative K-correction(detectable at high redshifts)
Chandra et al. 2012, Frail et al. 2006
Radio Afterglows: GRB 970508Frail et al. 2000, 1997, Waxman et al. 1998
O First radio afterglow detection. O Relativistic expansion measurement of
fireball through diffractive scintillation.O Measured flux lower than spherical
prediction (jet like geometry)O Bright and long lived afterglow
followed over a year, E0=5 x 1050 ergs.O Density ~0.5 cm-2,
O Equipartition eB~eE~0.5
GRB radio afterglowsO GRB 990123: First afterglow with reverse
shock detection in radio band (Kulkarni et al. 1999).
O GRB 020405: evidence of a constant density medium around massive star (Berger et al. 2003).
O GRB 050904 (Frail et al. 2005) and 090423 (Chandra et al. 2010): highest redshift bursts discovered in radio.
O GRB 070125: radio afterglow with scintillation, chromatic break, uniform density (Chandra et al. 2008).
Radio afterglows: 030329van der Horst et al. 2008, Pihlström et al. 2007, Taylor et al.
2004
O Very bright radio burst. O Constant density medium.O Non-relativistic transition ~ 80-200
daysO VLBI- relativistic expansion of
fireball.
Radio Afterglows: StatisticsO 304 GRBs observed in radio bands
from 1997-2011.O 123 bursts in pre-Swift and 181 in
post-Swift.O Sample includes 33 SHBs, 19 XRFs
and 26 SN/GRBs (9 with confirmed SN and rest possible).
O 28 SHBs detected by Swift itself.O 17 SN/GRBs detected pre-Swift and 9
post-Swift.
Radio Detection Statistics
O 95 out of 304 GRBs detected in radio – 31%O Pre-Swift radio detection 42/123 – 34%O Post-Swift radio detection 53/181 – 29%
O X-ray detection rate 42% to 93% (bias).O Optical detection rate 48% to 75% (bias)
O No strong redshift dependenceO z<2=47/88 z>2=21/43.
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
Detection Statistics
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Radio Detection Biases
detection
Upper limits
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Radio Detection Biases
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Canonical Light Curve of cosmological long afterglows
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Bursts of different Classes
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Detectability of radio afterglows - redshift
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Kolmogorov-Smirnov test P=0.61
Detectability of radio afterglows - fluence
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
Nysewander et al. 2009, Swirt XRT repository
P=2.6x10-7
• 176/206 (85%) non-detections fluence <1x10-6
erg cm-2
• 82/95 (86%) detections fluence >1x10-6
erg cm-2
Detectability of radio afterglows - Energy
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
P=9x10-7• k-corrected
bolometric in 1 keV-10 MeV range 144 grbs
• 60/95 detections Energy >1x1053
erg• Only 9/206 non-
detections Energy >1x1053 erg
Detectability of radio afterglows - Energy
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
Beaming corrected bolometric energy
Where fb is the beaming fraction
P=3.5x10-3
Detectability of radio afterglows – X-ray and optical
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
Gehrels et al. 2008, de Pasquale et al. 2006, Sakamoto et al.2008, 2011
P=3x10-6
P=1x10-9
What determines radio flux?
FluenceR-index=0.02
Optical fluxR-index=0.62
Isotropic EnergyR-index=0.12
X-ray fluxR-index=-0.05
Synthetic Light Curveee=0.1 eB=1%, EKE=1053 erg, p=2.2
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
• 8 GHz light curve matches with sample.
• 1.4 GHz challenges: JVLA, ASKAP, WSRT/Apertif will not detect.
• Higher frequencies favored.
• JVLA (high freq) and ALMA ideal.
• Expected large increase in detection.
Synthetic Light Curve: densityee=0.1 eB=1%, EKE=1053 erg, p=2.2
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
• Radio sample biased for n=1-10 cm-3.
• Weak emission at lower n.
• Higher self-absorption for higher n.
• Explains why some bright GRBs dim in radio.
Synthetic Light Curve: densityee=0.1 eB=1%, EKE=1053 erg, p=2.2
Chandra et al. 2012, ApJ 746, 156
• Afterglow in mm strong function of n.
• Effects of self-absorption weak in mm bands.
• ALMA (3-sigma=42 mJy in 1 hr at 250 GHz) may detect all mm afterglows for n>0.1 cm-3.
Reverse shocks
Reverse shocks in radio
Kulkarni et al. 1999
Radio Reverse ShocksO Possible RS in 24 GRBs.O But 87 GRBs with no early radio
data for t<3 days.O About 1:4 radio AG may be RS
Reverse shocks in Radio GRBs
Reverse shocks in radio afterglows
O Only 990123 has a confirmed optical and radio reverse shock.
O Low incidence of optical reverse shocks, i.e. < 4% (Gomboc et al. 2009).
O Radio RS is 1 every 4 bursts, i.e. 6 times more than optical.
O Magnetization, poynting dominated, SSC, dust extinction, wind density
O Mundell et al. 2007, electron freq drop n~t-73/48.O RS freq is lower by (Lorentz factor)2 than FS.O If nm<nopt then no RS in optcal bandO For 021004, 021211 optical RS is seen but no radio RS
emission (Synchrotron self absorbtion???)
Future of radio afterglows
Future: Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Accurate determination of kinetic energy
Future: ALMA: Wind versus ISM
SummaryO Radio afterglows explore unique
territory.O Detection rate unchanged in pre-
and post-Swift phase.O Radio detections sensitivity limited.O Other prompt and afterglow
emission parameters can be useful in determining detectability.
O JVLA and ALMA are goldmines