2025ApJ...987L...7L


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2025ApJ...987L...7L - Astrophys. J., 987, L7 (2025/July-1)

Candidate Spectral Lines at 6 and 15 MeV from GRB 200829A and GRB 160905A.

LIAO T.-L., XIAO S., XIONG S.-L., ZHANG Y.-Q., XUE W.-C., YANG J.-J., JIANG Z.-H., YI S.-X., ZHANG Z. and ZHANG S.-N.

Abstract (from CDS):

The discoveries of the evolving spectral line in gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A provide valuable information for understanding its extreme physical environment and emission mechanisms. In this work, we perform a comprehensive search for 3941 GRBs recorded in the Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) from 2008 July to 2025 February; although no confirmed spectral lines are found, two spectral line candidates at ∼15 and ∼6 MeV in GRB 160905A and GRB 200829A are identified, respectively. Interestingly, the latter's rest-frame line energy ∼13 MeV at redshift z = 1.25 is similar to that of GRB 221009A at z = 0.151. If this is true, it implies that they may share a common physical origin, possibly linked to blueshifted electron-positron annihilation processes within relativistic jets. Finally, this comprehensive search reveals no >5σ significant line features across the GBM GRB sample, with only two candidates at ∼3σ level. These results place meaningful constraints on the peculiarity and possible origin of the spectral line observed in GRB 221009A.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Gamma-ray bursts

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 Fermi bn160905471 gB 10 48 59.06 -50 48 03.9           ~ 34 0
2 GRB 200829A gB 16 44 49.42 +72 19 45.3           ~ 55 0
3 GRB 221009A gB 19 13 03.85 +19 46 22.7           ~ 433 0

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