The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks
Creators: name: Preece, R.
name: Burgess, J. Michael
name: von Kienlin, A.
name: Bhat, P. N.
name: Briggs, M. S.
name: Byrne, D.
name: Chaplin, V.
name: Cleveland, W.
name: Collazzi, A. C.
name: Connaughton, V.
name: Diekmann, A.
name: Fitzpatrick, G.
name: Foley, S.
name: Gibby, M.
name: Giles, M.
name: Goldstein, A.
name: Greiner, J.
name: Gruber, D.
name: Jenke, P.
name: Kippen, R. M.
name: Kouveliotou, C.
name: McBreen, S.
name: Meegan, C.
name: Paciesas, W. S.
name: Pelassa, V.
name: Tierney, D.
name: van der Horst, A. J.
name: Wilson-Hodge, C.
name: Xiong, S.
name: Younes, G.
name: Yu, H. -F.
name: Ackermann, M.
name: Ajello, M.
name: Axelsson, M.
name: Baldini, L.
name: Barbiellini, G.
name: Baring, M. G.
name: Bastieri, D.
name: Bellazzini, R.
name: Bissaldi, E.
name: Bonamente, E.
name: Bregeon, J.
name: Brigida, M.
name: Bruel, P.
name: Buehler, R.
name: Buson, S.
name: Caliandro, G. A.
name: Cameron, R. A.
name: Caraveo, P. A.
name: Cecchi, C.
name: Charles, E.
name: Chekhtman, A.
name: Chiang, J.
name: Chiaro, G.
name: Ciprini, S.
name: Claus, R.
name: Cohen-Tanugi, J.
name: Cominsky, L. R.
name: Conrad, J.
name: D'Ammando, F.
name: de Angelis, A.
name: de Palma, F.
name: Dermer, C. D.
name: Desiante, R.
name: Digel, S. W.
name: Di Venere, L.
name: Drell, P. S.
name: Drlica-Wagner, A.
name: Favuzzi, C.
name: Franckowiak, A.
name: Fukazawa, Y.
name: Fusco, P.
name: Gargano, F.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Germani, S.
name: Giglietto, N.
name: Giordano, F.
name: Giroletti, M.
name: Godfrey, G.
name: Granot, J.
name: Grenier, I. A.
name: Guiriec, S.
name: Hadasch, D.
name: Hanabata, Y.
name: Harding, A. K.
name: Hayashida, M.
name: Iyyani, S.
name: Jogler, T.
name: Jóannesson, G.
name: Kawano, T.
name: Knödlseder, J.
name: Kocevski, D.
name: Kuss, M.
name: Lande, J.
name: Larsson, J.
name: Larsson, S.
name: Latronico, L.
name: Longo, F.
name: Loparco, F.
name: Lovellette, M. N.
name: Lubrano, P.
name: Mayer, M.
name: Mazziotta, M. N.
name: Michelson, P. F.
name: Mizuno, T.
name: Monzani, M. E.
name: Moretti, E.
name: Morselli, A.
name: Murgia, S.
name: Nemmen, R.
name: Nuss, E.
name: Nymark, T.
name: Ohno, M.
name: Ohsugi, T.
name: Okumura, A.
name: Omodei, N.
name: Orienti, M.
name: Paneque, D.
name: Perkins, J. S.
name: Pesce-Rollins, M.
name: Piron, F.
name: Pivato, G.
name: Porter, T. A.
name: Racusin, J. L.
name: Rainò, S.
name: Rando, R.
name: Razzano, M.
name: Razzaque, S.
name: Reimer, A.
name: Reimer, O.
name: Ritz, S.
name: Roth, M.
name: Ryde, F.
name: Sartori, A.
name: Scargle, J. D.
name: Schulz, A.
name: Sgrò, C.
name: Siskind, E. J.
name: Spandre, G.
name: Spinelli, P.
name: Suson, D. J.
name: Tajima, H.
name: Takahashi, H.
name: Thayer, J. G.
name: Thayer, J. B.
name: Tibaldo, L.
name: Tinivella, M.
name: Torres, D. F.
name: Tosti, G.
name: Troja, E.
name: Usher, T. L.
name: Vandenbroucke, J.
name: Vasileiou, V.
name: Vianello, G.
name: Vitale, V.
name: Werner, M.
name: Winer, B. L.
name: Wood, K. S.
name: Zhu, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine time resolution spectral analysis shows power-law decays of the peak energy from the onset of the pulse, consistent with models of internal synchrotron shock pulses. However, a strongly correlated power-law behavior is observed between the luminosity and the spectral peak energy that is inconsistent with curvature effects arising in the relativistic outflow. It is difficult for any of the existing models to account for all of the observed spectral and temporal behaviors simultaneously.
description: This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published online in Science Express on 21 November 2013 [DOI:10.1126/science.1242302] 15 pages, 4 figures and 1 table; includes supplementary online materials