Constraints on the Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Short GRBs with HAWC
Por:
Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Rojas, D. Avila, Solares, H. A. Ayala, Babu, R., Belmont-Moreno, E., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistran, T., Carraminana, A., Casanova, S., Chaparro-Amaro, O., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de Leon, S. Coutino, de Leon, C., De la Fuente, E., Hernandez, R. Diaz, Dichiara, S., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Durocher, M., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Engel, K., Espinoza, C., Fan, K. L., Fraija, N., Galvan-Gamez, A., Garcia-Gonzalez, J. A., Garfias, F., Gonzalez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Hona, B., Huang, D., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., Humensky, T. B., Huntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Joshi, V., Kaufmann, S., Lara, A., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. Leon, Linnemann, J. T., Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., Malone, K., Marinelli, S. S., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Morales-Soto, J. A., Moreno, E., Mostafa, M., Nayerhoda, A., Nellen, L., Newbold, M., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Peisker, A., Araujo, Y. Perez, Perez-Perez, E. G., Ren, Z., Rho, C. D., Rosa-Gonzalez, D., Rosenberg, M., Sacahui, J. R., Salazar, H., Greus, F. Salesa, Sandoval, A., Serna-Franco, J., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Tibolla, O., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Torres-Escobedo, R., Turner, R., Villasenor, L., Wang, X., Willox, E., Zepeda, A., Zhou, H.
Publicada:
1 sep 2022
Resumen:
Many gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been observed from radio wavelengths,
and a few at very high energies (VHEs, >100 GeV). The High Altitude
Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is well suited to study
transient phenomena at VHEs owing to its large field of view and duty
cycle. These features allow for searches of VHE emission and can probe
different model assumptions of duration and spectra. In this paper, we
use data collected by HAWC between 2014 December and 2020 May to search
for emission in the energy range from 80 to 800 GeV coming from a sample
of 47 short GRBs that triggered the Fermi, Swift, and Konus satellites
during this period. This analysis is optimized to search for delayed and
extended VHE emission within the first 20 s of each burst. We find no
evidence of VHE emission, either simultaneous or delayed, with respect
to the prompt emission. Upper limits (90% confidence level) derived on
the GRB fluence are used to constrain the synchrotron self-Compton
forward-shock model. Constraints for the interstellar density as low as
10(-2) cm(-3) are obtained when assuming z = 0.3 for bursts with the
highest keV fluences such as GRB 170206A and GRB 181222841. Such a low
density makes observing VHE emission mainly from the fast-cooling regime
challenging.
Filiaciones:
Albert, A.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Alfaro, R.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Alvarez, C.:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez 29050, Chiapas, Mexico
Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C.:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia 58030, Michoacan, Mexico
Arunbabu, K. P.:
St Alberts Coll Autonomous, Dept Phys, Cochin 682018, Kerala, India
Rojas, D. Avila:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Solares, H. A. Ayala:
Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, 104 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Babu, R.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Belmont-Moreno, E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Brisbois, C.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Caballero-Mora, K. S.:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez 29050, Chiapas, Mexico
Capistran, T.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Carraminana, A.:
Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Casanova, S.:
Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, IFJ PAN, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
Chaparro-Amaro, O.:
Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest Comp, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico
Cotti, U.:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia 58030, Michoacan, Mexico
Cotzomi, J.:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla 72570, Mexico
de Leon, S. Coutino:
Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
de Leon, C.:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia 58030, Michoacan, Mexico
De la Fuente, E.:
Univ Guadalajara, Dept Fis, Ctr Univ Ciencias Exactase Ingn, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, Mexico
Hernandez, R. Diaz:
Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Dichiara, S.:
Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, 525 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Dingus, B. L.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
DuVernois, M. A.:
Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
Durocher, M.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Diaz-Velez, J. C.:
Univ Guadalajara, Dept Fis, Ctr Univ Ciencias Exactase Ingn, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, Mexico
Engel, K.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Espinoza, C.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Fan, K. L.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Fraija, N.:
(Corresponding Author), Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Galvan-Gamez, A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Garcia-Gonzalez, J. A.:
Tecnol Monterrey, Escuela Ingn & Ciencias, Ave Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico
Garfias, F.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Gonzalez, M. M.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Goodman, J. A.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Harding, J. P.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Hernandez, S.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Hona, B.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
Huang, D.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F.:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez 29050, Chiapas, Mexico
Humensky, T. B.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Huntemeyer, P.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Iriarte, A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Joshi, V.:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Kaufmann, S.:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca 43830, Hgo, Mexico
Lara, A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Lee, W. H.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Vargas, H. Leon:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Linnemann, J. T.:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Longinotti, A. L.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Luis-Raya, G.:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca 43830, Hgo, Mexico
Malone, K.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Space Sci & Applicat, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Marinelli, S. S.:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Martinez, O.:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla 72570, Mexico
Martinez-Castro, J.:
Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Invest Comp, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico
Matthews, J. A.:
Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA
Miranda-Romagnoli, P.:
Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Pachuca 42000, Hidalgo, Mexico
Morales-Soto, J. A.:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia 58030, Michoacan, Mexico
Moreno, E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla 72570, Mexico
Mostafa, M.:
Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, 104 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Nayerhoda, A.:
Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, IFJ PAN, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
Nellen, L.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Newbold, M.:
Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
Noriega-Papaqui, R.:
Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Pachuca 42000, Hidalgo, Mexico
Peisker, A.:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Araujo, Y. Perez:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Perez-Perez, E. G.:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca 43830, Hgo, Mexico
Ren, Z.:
Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA
Rho, C. D.:
Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
Rosa-Gonzalez, D.:
Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Rosenberg, M.:
Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, 104 Davey Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Sacahui, J. R.:
Inst Invest Ciencias Fis & Matemat USAC, Ciudad Univ,Zona 12, Guatemala City 01012, Guatemala
Salazar, H.:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla 72570, Mexico
Greus, F. Salesa:
Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, IFJ PAN, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46980 Valencia, Spain
Sandoval, A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Serna-Franco, J.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Smith, A. J.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Springer, R. W.:
Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
Surajbali, P.:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Tibolla, O.:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca 43830, Hgo, Mexico
Tollefson, K.:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Torres, I.:
Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr, Puebla 72840, Mexico
Torres-Escobedo, R.:
Univ Guadalajara, Dept Fis, Ctr Univ Ciencias Exactase Ingn, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, Mexico
Turner, R.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Villasenor, L.:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla 72570, Mexico
Wang, X.:
Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
Willox, E.:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
Zepeda, A.:
Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados IPN, Dept Phys, Mexico City, DF 07360, Mexico
Zhou, H.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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