Fermi Observations of Gamma-ray Bursts Masanori Ohno(ISAS/JAXA) on behalf of Fermi LAT/GBM collaborations April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
HE emission from GRBs : Pre-Fermi Era GRB940217(Hurley et al. 94) -18 to 14 sec 14 to 47 sec 47 to 80 sec sec sec GRB (Gonzaletz et al. 03) GeV photons up to 90min after the trigger Temporary distinct HE spectral component April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts - Many observations in keV-MeV - Little is known about HE (>100 MeV) emission from GRBs 1) Distinct HE spectral component ? 2) Maximum photon energy (cut-off ?) 3) Long-lived HE emission ? Important key for emission mechanism and environment of GRBs Need more sensitivity, larger FoV
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ( GBM ) 12 NaI detectors (8keV-1MeV) - onboard trigger, localization - spectroscopy 2 BGO detectors (150keV-40MeV) - spectroscopy (overlapping LAT band) LAT Silicon-Strip detectors - Identification &direction measurement of γ-rays CsI calolimetor - Energy measurement ACD (plastic scintillators) - background rejection -Efficient observing mode -Wide FoV -Low deadtime -Large effective area -Good angular resolution -Energy coverage More photons from Many GRBs April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Fermi GRBs April 19, Detections as of The GBM detects ~250 GRBs/year (~400 total) – ~18% short – ~50% in the LAT FoV The LAT detects ~10 GRBs/year – 17 total as of today (recent detection :100225A, A, and A) – ~10% of GBM GRBs observed Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
What we have seen from Fermi GRB observations 1. Extra component of the prompt emission ? 1. Extra component of the prompt emission ? Different emission mechanism: Synchrotron self Compton ? Hadronic origin ? GRB shows the sign of extra component What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? Constrain the bulk Lorentz factor of the relativistic jet No evidence of the cut-off so far. HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? Suggests another emission mechanism A few GRBs show delayed high energy emission (GRB940217, GRB080714) (Quantum gravity model, EBL…) April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Extra PL component in short and long GRBs Abdo, A. A. et al., ApJL 706, 138 (2009) Abdo, A. A. et al., ApJ submitted GRB B (long)GRB (short) First time a low-energy extension of the PL component has been seen April 19, LAT GRBs shows extra PL component (090510, B, A) First extra component by Fermi At > 5 sigma level Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts T0+4.6s to T0+9.6s
Extra component of the prompt emission ? Extra component of the prompt emission ? Different emission mechanism: Synchrotron self Compton ? Hadronic origin ? Only GRB shows the sign of extra component 2. What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? Constrain the bulk Lorentz factor of the relativistic jet No evidence of the cut-off so far. HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? Suggests another emission mechanism A few GRBs show delayed high energy emission (GRB940217, GRB080714) (Quantum gravity model, EBL…) April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts What we have seen from Fermi GRB observations
Limit on bulk Lorentz factor Due to large luminosity and small emitting region, optical depth for the γ-γ -> e+e- pair production is too large to observe the non-thermal emission from GRB compactness problem. Relativistic motion (Γ>>1) could avoid this compactness problem Γ min can be derived using observed highest energy photon April 19, Γ min ~1000 for short and long GRBs z Γ min Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts E=31 GeV B E=33 GeV C E=3 GeV
GRB A: the first HE spectral cutoff Preliminary ! - Delay in HE onset: ~3 s - The extra component shows at >5 σ spectral break at ~1.4 GeV - First direct measurement of Γ ~ 630 (if cutoff due to γ-γ absorption) April 19, keV keV MeV LAT all event >100 MeV >1GeV Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts Time-integrated photon spectrum( s) νF ν (erg/cm 2 /s) Energy (keV) (See Uehara’s poster #095)
Extra component of the prompt emission ? Extra component of the prompt emission ? Different emission mechanism: Synchrotron self Compton ? Hadronic origin ? Only GRB shows the sign of extra component What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? Constrain the bulk Lorentz factor of the relativistic jet No evidence of the cut-off so far. 3. HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? Suggests another emission mechanism A few GRBs show delayed high energy emission (GRB940217, GRB080714) April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts What we have seen from Fermi GRB observations
Long-lived GeV emission ~ Swift and Fermi view of GRB ~ De Pasquale et al., ApJL 709, 146 (2010) Forward shock model can reproduce the spectrum from the optical up to GeV energies Extensions needed to arrange the temporal properties t 1.38 0.07 Simultaneous fit of the SED at 5 different times LAT emission until 200 s No spectral evolution (photon index -2.1 ± 0.1) April 19, GRB (short GRB) UVOT XRT Fermi/LAT Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
HE delayed onset in short and long GRBs The first few GBM peaks are missing in the LAT but later peaks coincide Delay in HE onset: s Abdo et al. 2009, Science 323, 1688 The first LAT peak coincides with the second GBM peak Delay in HE onset: ~4-5 s Abdo et al. 2009, Nature 462, 331 GRB C (long) GRB (short) HE delayed onset can be seen from almost all LAT GRBs April 19, keV MeV LAT all events >100 MeV >1GeV Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Constraint on QG and EBL models April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts Constraints on the quantum gravity mass (M QG ) by direct measurement of photon arrival time M QG,1 /M plank > 1.19 Disfavors quantum gravity models which linearly alters the speed of light (n=1) Most models are optically thin for 33 GeV photon from GRB B (z=1.822) “baseline” and “fast evolution” models are rejected at 3.6 σ level Abdo et al. 2009, Nature 462, 331 GRB GRB B Abdo, A. A. et al., ApJL 706, 138 (2009) 31 GeV GBM NaI GBM BGO LAT (>1MeV) 0.83 s
Leptonic models (inverse-Compton or SSC) (Toma et al., 2009) –Hard to produce a delayed onset longer than spike widths –Hard to produce a low-energy (<50 keV) power-law excess – Hard to account for the different photon index values of the Band spectrum at low energie (but photospheric models can) and of the HE component – But, photospheric models could explain these properties (Toma et al. 2010) Hadronic models (pair cascades, proton synchrotron) (Asano et al., 2009) – GRBs as possible sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays – Late onset: time to accelerate protons & develop cascades? – Proton synchrotron radiation (requires large B-fields) – Synchrotron emission from secondary e± pairs produced via photo-hadron interactions can naturally explain the power-law at low energies require substantially more energy than observed (GRB : Etotal / Eiso ~ ) – Hard to produce correlated variability at low- and high-energies (e.g. spikes of GRB A) ? Early Afterglow (e+e- synchrotron from external shock) (Kumar et al, 2009) – Can account for possible delayed (~9 s) onset of power-law component in GRB B – Short variability time scales in LAT data (e.g. GRB A) argues against external shock – Requires larger bulk Lorentz factor than measured for GRB A Models for HE delayed onset and extra-PL April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Detections as of Summary of LAT GRBs Detections as of GRB Angle from LAT Duration (or class) # of events > 100 MeV # of events > 1 GeV Delayed HE onset Long-lived HE emission Extra spectral comp. Highest photon Energy Redshift C ~ 60° long~ 100 ? ✔ X~ 600 MeV C 49° long14514 ✔✔ ?~ 13.2 GeV~ B 21° short~ 102 ✔✔ ?3 GeV A ~ 86° long————--— ~ 34° long~ 100XXX~ 1 GeV ~ 55° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 64° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 14° short> 150> 20 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 31 GeV ~ 15° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? B 51° long> 200> 30 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 33 GeV ~ 52° long> 150> 50 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 20 GeV A ~ 13° long~ 20> 0? ? ? ~ 22° long~ 20> 0? ? ?~ 1.2 GeV A ~ 29° long~ 103? ? ?~ 2.2 GeV April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Detections as of Summary of LAT GRBs Detections as of GRB Angle from LAT Duration (or class) # of events > 100 MeV # of events > 1 GeV Delayed HE onset Long-lived HE emission Extra spectral comp. Highest photon Energy Redshift C ~ 60° long~ 100 ? ✔ X~ 600 MeV C 49° long14514 ✔✔ ?~ 13.2 GeV~ B 21° short~ 102 ✔✔ ?3 GeV A ~ 86° long————--— ~ 34° long~ 100XXX~ 1 GeV ~ 55° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 64° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 14° short> 150> 20 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 31 GeV ~ 15° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? B 51° long> 200> 30 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 33 GeV ~ 52° long> 150> 50 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 20 GeV A ~ 13° long~ 20> 0? ? ? ~ 22° long~ 20> 0? ? ?~ 1.2 GeV A ~ 29° long~ 103? ? ?~ 2.2 GeV April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts Delayed onset and long-lived HE emission is common feature of LAT GRBs ?
Detections as of Summary of LAT GRBs Detections as of GRB Angle from LAT Duration (or class) # of events > 100 MeV # of events > 1 GeV Delayed HE onset Long-lived HE emission Extra spectral comp. Highest photon Energy Redshift C ~ 60° long~ 100 ? ✔ X~ 600 MeV C 49° long14514 ✔✔ ?~ 13.2 GeV~ B 21° short~ 102 ✔✔ ?3 GeV A ~ 86° long————--— ~ 34° long~ 100XXX~ 1 GeV ~ 55° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 64° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 14° short> 150> 20 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 31 GeV ~ 15° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? B 51° long> 200> 30 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 33 GeV ~ 52° long> 150> 50 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 20 GeV A ~ 13° long~ 20> 0? ? ? ~ 22° long~ 20> 0? ? ?~ 1.2 GeV A ~ 29° long~ 103? ? ?~ 2.2 GeV April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Detections as of Summary of LAT GRBs Detections as of GRB Angle from LAT Duration (or class) # of events > 100 MeV # of events > 1 GeV Delayed HE onset Long-lived HE emission Extra spectral comp. Highest photon Energy Redshift C ~ 60° long~ 100 ? ✔ X~ 600 MeV C 49° long14514 ✔✔ ?~ 13.2 GeV~ B 21° short~ 102 ✔✔ ?3 GeV A ~ 86° long————--— ~ 34° long~ 100XXX~ 1 GeV ~ 55° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 64° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? ~ 14° short> 150> 20 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 31 GeV ~ 15° long~ 20> 0? ✔ ? B 51° long> 200> 30 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 33 GeV ~ 52° long> 150> 50 ✔ ✔ ✔ ~ 20 GeV A ~ 13° long~ 20> 0? ? ? ~ 22° long~ 20> 0? ? ?~ 1.2 GeV A ~ 29° long~ 103? ? ?~ 2.2 GeV April 19, Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Long vs Short GRBs April 19, Comparable LE and HE gamma-ray outputs for short GRBs Long GRBs seem to emit ~5-20 times less at HE than at LE w.r.t. short GRBs short Abdo, A. A. et al., ApJ 712, 558 (2010) Preliminary ! Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts short
Summary Fermi detected ~400 GRBs including 17 LAT GRBs in ~1.5 years => 250 GRBs/year for GBM and ~10 GRBs/year for LAT April 19, Extra component of the prompt emission ? Extra component of the prompt emission ? What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? What is the maximum energy of HE emission ? HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? HE emission is delayed and/or long-lived ? -Clear evidence of extra PL component from 3 LAT GRBs -Low-energy excess is also seen -Constraint lower limit of bulk Lorentz factor: Γ min ~1000 -GRB A, first detection of HE spectral cutoff : Γ ~ 630 -Many LAT GRBs show delayed and long-lived high energy emission Many leptonic or hadronic models are proposed for LAT high energy emission No difference of high energy properties between short and long GRBs (but lower energy in high energy for long GRBs ?) Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts Constraint on QG and EBL models