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    A strong limit on the very-high-energy emission from grb 150323a

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    2018-04-10
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    Abeysekara, A. U.
    Archer, A.
    Benbow, W.
    Bird, R.
    Brose, R.
    Buchovecky, M.
    Bugaev, V.
    Connolly, M. P.
    Cui, W.
    Errando, M.
    Falcone, A.
    Feng, Q.
    Finley, J. P.
    Flinders, A.
    Fortson, L.
    Furniss, A.
    Gillanders, G. H.
    Hütten, M.
    Hanna, D.
    Hervet, O.
    Holder, J.
    Hughes, G.
    Humensky, T. B.
    Johnson, C. A.
    Kaaret, P.
    Kar, P.
    Kelley-Hoskins, N.
    Kertzman, M.
    Kieda, D.
    Krause, M.
    Krennrich, F.
    Lang, M. J.
    Lin, T. T. Y.
    Maier, G.
    McArthur, S.
    Moriarty, P.
    Mukherjee, R.
    O’Brien, S.
    Ong, R. A.
    Park, N.
    Perkins, J. S.
    Petrashyk, A.
    Pohl, M.
    Popkow, A.
    Pueschel, E.
    Quinn, J.
    Ragan, K.
    Reynolds, P. T.
    Richards, G. T.
    Roache, E.
    Rulten, C.
    Sadeh, I.
    Santander, M.
    Sembroski, G. H.
    Shahinyan, K.
    Tyler, J.
    Wakely, S. P.
    Weiner, O. M.
    Weinstein, A.
    Wells, R. M.
    Wilcox, P.
    Wilhelm, A.
    Williams, D. A.
    Zitzer, B.
    Vurm, Indrek
    Beloborodov, Andrei
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    Abeysekara, A. U. Archer, A.; Benbow, W.; Bird, R.; Brose, R.; Buchovecky, M.; Bugaev, V.; Connolly, M. P.; Cui, W.; Errando, M.; Falcone, A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Flinders, A.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gillanders, G. H.; Hütten, M.; Hanna, D.; Hervet, O.; Holder, J.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Johnson, C. A.; Kaaret, P.; Kar, P.; Kelley-Hoskins, N.; Kertzman, M.; Kieda, D.; Krause, M.; Krennrich, F.; Lang, M. J.; Lin, T. T. Y.; Maier, G.; McArthur, S.; Moriarty, P.; Mukherjee, R.; O’Brien, S.; Ong, R. A.; Park, N.; Perkins, J. S.; Petrashyk, A.; Pohl, M.; Popkow, A.; Pueschel, E.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reynolds, P. T.; Richards, G. T.; Roache, E.; Rulten, C.; Sadeh, I.; Santander, M.; Sembroski, G. H.; Shahinyan, K.; Tyler, J.; Wakely, S. P.; Weiner, O. M.; Weinstein, A.; Wells, R. M.; Wilcox, P.; Wilhelm, A.; Williams, D. A.; Zitzer, B.; Vurm, Indrek; Beloborodov, Andrei; , (2018). A strong limit on the very-high-energy emission from grb 150323a. The Astrophysical Journal 857 (1),
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    Abstract
    On 2015 March 23, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) responded to a Swift-Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) detection of a gamma-ray burst, with observations beginning 270 s after the onset of BAT emission, and only 135 s after the main BAT emission peak. No statistically significant signal is detected above 140 GeV. The VERITAS upper limit on the fluence in a 40-minute integration corresponds to about 1% of the prompt fluence. Our limit is particularly significant because the very-high-energy (VHE) observation started only similar to 2 minutes after the prompt emission peaked, and Fermi-Large Area Telescope observations of numerous other bursts have revealed that the high-energy emission is typically delayed relative to the prompt radiation and lasts significantly longer. Also, the proximity of GRB 150323A (z = 0.593) limits the attenuation by the extragalactic background light to similar to 50% at 100-200 GeV. We conclude that GRB 150323A had an intrinsically very weak high-energy afterglow, or that the GeV spectrum had a turnover below similar to 100 GeV. If the GRB exploded into the stellar wind of a massive progenitor, the VHE non-detection constrains the wind density parameter to be A greater than or similar to 3 x 10(11) g . cm(-1), consistent with a standard Wolf-Rayet progenitor. Alternatively, the VHE emission from the blast wave would be weak in a very tenuous medium such as the interstellar medium, which therefore cannot be ruled out as the environment of GRB 150323A.
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