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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 443, 期 2, 页码 1779-1787出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu1277
关键词
gamma-ray bursts: general; stars: magnetars
资金
- European Research Council [247295]
- Science and Technology Funding Council
- Japan Promotion of Science JSPS [25.03786]
- Polish Ministry MNiSW N [N203 579840]
- STFC [ST/H001972/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/H001972/1] Funding Source: researchfish
An intrinsic correlation has been identified between the luminosity and duration of plateaus in the X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs; Dainotti et al. 2008), suggesting a central engine origin. The magnetar central engine model predicts an observable plateau phase, with plateau durations and luminosities being determined by the magnetic fields and spin periods of the newly formed magnetar. This paper analytically shows that the magnetar central engine model can explain, within the 1 sigma uncertainties, the correlation between plateau luminosity and duration. The observed scatter in the correlation most likely originates in the spread of initial spin periods of the newly formed magnetar and provides an estimate of the maximum spin period of similar to 35 ms (assuming a constant mass, efficiency and beaming across the GRB sample). Additionally, by combining the observed data and simulations, we show that the magnetar emission is most likely narrowly beamed and has less than or similar to 20 per cent efficiency in conversion of rotational energy from the magnetar into the observed plateau luminosity. The beaming angles and efficiencies obtained by this method are fully consistent with both predicted and observed values. We find that short GRBs and short GRBs with extended emission lie on the same correlation but are statistically inconsistent with being drawn from the same distribution as long GRBs, this is consistent with them having a wider beaming angle than long GRBs.
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