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Revealing x-ray and gamma ray temporal and spectral similarities in the GRB 190829A afterglow

H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, E. O. Angüner, C. Arcaro, Céline Armand, T. P. Armstrong, Halim Ashkar, Michael Backes, Vardan Baghmanyan, V. Barbosa Martins, A. Barnacka, M. Barnard, Y. Becherini, David Berge, K. Bernlöhr, Baiyang Bi, E. Bissaldi, M. Böttcher, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne, M. Breuhaus, F. Brun, P. Brun, M. Bryan, M. Büchele, T. Bulik, T. Bylund, Sami Caroff, A. Carosi, S. Casanova, T. Chand, S. Chandra, A. Chen, Garret Cotter, M. Curyło, J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye, I. D. Davids, J. Davies, C. Deil, J. Devin, L. Dirson, A. Djannati-Ataı̈, A. Dmytriiev, Axel Donath, Victor Doroshenko, Lenté Dreyer, C. Duffy, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, F. Eichhorn, S. Einecke, G. Emery, J.-P. Ernenwein, Kirsty Feijen, S. Fegan, A. Fiasson, Gaëtan Fichet de Clairfontaine, G. Fontaine, S. Funk, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, G. Giavitto, Luca Giunti, D. Glawion, J. F. Glicenstein, M.-H. Grondin, J. Hahn, M. Haupt, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, Werner Hofmann, C. Hoischen, T. L. Holch, M. Holler, M. Hörbe, D. Horns, David Miles Huber, M. Jamrozy, D. Jankowsky, F. Jankowsky, A. Jardin-Blicq, Vikas Joshi, I. Jung-Richardt, E. Kasai, M. A. Kastendieck, K. Katarzyński, U. Katz, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, S. Klepser, W. Kluźniak, Nu. Komin, Ruslan Konno, K. Kosack, D. Kostunin, M. Kreter, G. Lamanna, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine‐Goumard, J.-P. Lenain, Fabian Leuschner, Christelle Levy, T. Lohse, I. Lypova, Jonathan Mackey, Jhilik Majumdar, D. Malyshev, D. Malyshev, V. Marandon, ¶. Marchegiani, Alexandre Marcowith, A. Mares, G. Martí-Devesa, R. Marx, G. Maurin, P. J. Meintjes, M. Meyer, Alison Mitchell, R. Moderski, L. Mohrmann, Alessandro Montanari, C. Moore, P. Morris, E. Moulin, J. Muller, T. Murach, K. Nakashima, A. Nayerhoda, M. de Naurois, H. Ndiyavala, J. Niemiec, L. Oakes, P. T. O’Brien, H. Odaka, S. Ohm, Laura Olivera-Nieto, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, M. Ostrowski, Sebastian Panny, M. Panter, R. D. Parsons, Giada Peron, B. Peyaud, Q. Piel, S. Pita, V. Poireau, A. Priyana Noel, Д. А. Прохоров, H. Prokoph, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, S. Raab, R. Rauth, Patrick Reichherzer, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, Q. Remy, M. Renaud, Frank Rieger, Lucia Rinchiuso, C. Romoli, Gavin Rowell, B. Rudak, E. Ruiz-Velasco, V. Sahakian, S. Sailer, H. Salzmann, D. A. Sánchez, A. Santangelo, M. Sasaki, M. Scalici, J. S. Schafer, F. Schüßler, H. M. Schutte, U. Schwanke, M. Seglar-Arroyo, M. Senniappan, A. S. Seyffert, N. Shafi, J. N. S. Shapopi, K. Shiningayamwe, R. Simoni, A. Sinha, H. Sol, A. Specovius, S. Spencer, Marion Spir-Jacob, Ł. Stawarz, Lei Sun, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, S. Steinmassl, C. Steppa, T. Takahashi, T. Tam, T. Tavernier, Andrew M. Taylor, R. Terrier, J. H. E. Thiersen, D. Tiziani, M. Tluczykont, L. Tomankova, M. Tsirou, R. Tuffs, Y. Uchiyama, D. J. van der Walt, C. van Eldik, C. van Rensburg, B. van Soelen, G. Vasileiadis, J. Veh, C. Venter, P. Vincent, J. Vink, H. J. Völk, Zorawar Wadiasingh, S. J. Wagner, J. Watson, F. Werner, R. White, A. Wierzcholska, Yu Wun Wong, A. Yusafzai, M. Zacharias, R. Zanin, D. Zargaryan, A. A. Zdziarski, A. Zech, S. J. Zhu, J. Zorn, Samuël Zouari, N. Żywucka, P. A. Evans, K. L. Page

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are bright flashes of gamma rays from extragalactic sources followed by fading afterglow emission, are associated with stellar core collapse events. We report the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the afterglow of GRB 190829A, between 4 and 56 hours after the trigger, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The low luminosity and redshift of GRB 190829A reduce both internal and external absorption, allowing determination of its intrinsic energy spectrum. Between energies of 0.18 and 3.3 tera-electron volts, this spectrum is described by a power law with photon index of 2.07 ± 0.09, similar to the x-ray spectrum. The x-ray and VHE gamma-ray light curves also show similar decay profiles. These similar characteristics in the x-ray and gamma-ray bands challenge GRB afterglow emission scenarios.

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are bright flashes of gamma rays from extragalactic sources followed by fading afterglow emission, are associated with stellar core collapse events. We report the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the afterglow of GRB 190829A, between 4 and 56 hours after the trigger, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The low luminosity and redshift of GRB 190829A reduce both internal and external absorption, allowing determination of its intrinsic energy spectrum. Between energies of 0.18 and 3.3 tera-electron volts, this spectrum is described by a power law with photon index of 2.07 ± 0.09, similar to the x-ray spectrum. The x-ray and VHE gamma-ray light curves also show similar decay profiles. These similar characteristics in the x-ray and gamma-ray bands challenge GRB afterglow emission scenarios.

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are bright flashes of gamma rays from extragalactic sources followed by fading afterglow emission, are associated with stellar core collapse events. We report the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the afterglow of GRB 190829A, between 4 and 56 hours after the trigger, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The low luminosity and redshift of GRB 190829A reduce both internal and external absorption, allowing determination of its intrinsic energy spectrum. Between energies of 0.18 and 3.3 tera-electron volts, this spectrum is described by a power law with photon index of 2.07 ± 0.09, similar to the x-ray spectrum. The x-ray and VHE gamma-ray light curves also show similar decay profiles. These similar characteristics in the x-ray and gamma-ray bands challenge GRB afterglow emission scenarios.

Key concepts: Afterglow, Gamma-ray burst, Physics, Astrophysics, Luminosity, Redshift, Gamma ray, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

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