Line strength variations in gamma‐ray burst GB870303: Possible evidence of neutron star rotation
作者:
C. Graziani,
E. E. Fenimore,
T. Murakami,
A. Yoshida,
D. Q. Lamb,
J. C. L. Wang,
T. J. Loredo,
期刊:
AIP Conference Proceedings
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 265,
issue 1
页码: 211-215
ISSN:0094-243X
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1063/1.42833
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
An exhaustive search of the Ginga data on &ggr;‐ray burst GB870303 reveals two separate time intervals during which statistically significant line features are evident. One (previously unreported) interval shows a single prominent line feature at ≊20 keV; a second, corresponding to the interval reported by Murakamietal., shows two line features at ≊20 and 40 keV. From model fits to the data, we find that both sets of lines are well‐described by cyclotron resonant scattering in a magnetic fieldB≊1.8×1012G, and that the differences in the line strengths between the two intervals are significant. The variations are qualitatively similar to those produced by a change in the viewing angle &thgr; relative the magnetic field. We conjecture that the change in &thgr; is due to rotation of the neutron star, and derive limits 45 sec ≲P≲180 sec on the rotation periodP.
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