2012ApJ...755....2A


Query : 2012ApJ...755....2A

2012ApJ...755....2A - Astrophys. J., 755, 2 (2012/August-2)

Implications for the origin of GRB 051103 from LIGO observations.

ABADIE J., ABBOTT B.P., ABBOTT T.D., ABBOTT R., ABERNATHY M., ADAMS C., ADHIKARI R., AFFELDT C., AJITH P., ALLEN B., ALLEN G.S., AMADOR CERON E., AMARIUTEI D., AMIN R.S., ANDERSON S.B., ANDERSON W.G., ARAI K., ARAIN M.A., ARAYA M.C., ASTON S.M., ATKINSON D., AUFMUTH P., AULBERT C., AYLOTT B.E., BABAK S., BAKER P., BALLMER S., BARKER D., BARNUM S., BARR B., BARRIGA P., BARSOTTI L., BARTON M.A., BARTOS I., BASSIRI R., BASTARRIKA M., BAUCHROWITZ J., BEHNKE B., BELL A.S., BELOPOLSKI I., BENACQUISTA M., BERTOLINI A., BETZWIESER J., BEVERIDGE N., BEYERSDORF P.T., BILENKO I.A., BILLINGSLEY G., BIRCH J., BISWAS R., BLACK E., BLACKBURN J.K., BLACKBURN L., BLAIR D., BLAND B., BOCK O., BODIYA T.P., BOGAN C., BONDARESCU R., BORK R., BORN M., BOSE S., BOYLE M., BRADY P.R., BRAGINSKY V.B., BRAU J.E., BREYER J., BRIDGES D.O., BRINKMANN M., BRITZGER M., BROOKS A.F., BROWN D.A., BRUMMITT A., BUONANNO A., BURGUET-CASTELL J., BURMEISTER O., BYER R.L., CADONATI L., CAMP J.B., CAMPSIE P., CANNIZZO J., 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(The LIGO Collaboration), BIZOUARD M.A., DIETZ A., GUIDI G.M. and WAS M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results of a LIGO search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with GRB 051103, a short-duration hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose electromagnetically determined sky position is coincident with the spiral galaxy M81, which is 3.6 Mpc from Earth. Possible progenitors for short-hard GRBs include compact object mergers and soft gamma repeater (SGR) giant flares. A merger progenitor would produce a characteristic GW signal that should be detectable at a distance of M81, while GW emission from an SGR is not expected to be detectable at that distance. We found no evidence of a GW signal associated with GRB 051103. Assuming weakly beamed γ-ray emission with a jet semi-angle of 30°, we exclude a binary neutron star merger in M81 as the progenitor with a confidence of 98%. Neutron star-black hole mergers are excluded with >99% confidence. If the event occurred in M81, then our findings support the hypothesis that GRB 051103 was due to an SGR giant flare, making it one of the most distant extragalactic magnetars observed to date.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 051103 - gravitational waves - stars: magnetars

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 M 31 AGN 00 42 44.330 +41 16 07.50 4.86 4.36 3.44     ~ 13622 1
2 GRB 070201 gB 00 44.3 +42 18           ~ 59 0
3 GRB 050906 gB 03 31 15.28 -14 36 30.1           ~ 76 1
4 PSR B0525-66 Psr 05 26 00.7 -66 04 35           ~ 569 1
5 LEDA 2719634 G 09 51 32.2380029068 +68 31 24.362424886   17.8       ~ 5 0
6 GRB 051103 gB 09 52 34.1 +68 50 42           ~ 62 0
7 MCG+12-10-007 LIN 09 53 10.2431581008 +69 00 02.256103872   17 16.72     ~ 24 0
8 NAME M 81-82 Group GrG 09 55 +69.1           ~ 758 0
9 M 81 Sy2 09 55 33.1726556496 +69 03 55.062505368   7.89 6.94     ~ 4725 3
10 PSR J1808-2024 Psr 18 08 39.32 -20 24 40.1           ~ 1316 2
11 Fermi bn080905499 G 19 10 42.0450 -18 52 54.510           ~ 200 0

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