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Physics GAPP: Two-component jet model for multi-wavelength afterglow emission of the extremely energetic burst GRB 221009A
Add to Calendar 2023-09-08T19:45:00 2023-09-08T20:45:00 UTC Physics GAPP: Two-component jet model for multi-wavelength afterglow emission of the extremely energetic burst GRB 221009A 538 Davey Laboratory
Start DateFri, Sep 08, 2023
3:45 PM
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End DateFri, Sep 08, 2023
4:45 PM
Presented By
Yuri Sato, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Event Series: GAPP Seminar

Recently gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected at very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, and a two-component jet model has often been invoked to explain multi-wavelength data. In this work, multi-wavelength afterglow emission from an extremely bright GRB, GRB 221009A, is examined. The isotropic-equivalent gamma-ray energy of this event is among the largest, which suggests that similarly to previous VHE GRBs, the jet opening angle is so small that the collimation-corrected gamma-ray energy is nominal. Afterglow emission from such a narrow jet decays too rapidly, especially if the jet propagates into uniform circumburst material. In the two-component jet model, another wide jet component with a smaller Lorentz factor dominates late-time afterglow emission, and we show that multi-wavelength data of GRB 221009A can be explained by narrow and wide jets with opening angles similar to those employed for other VHE GRBs. We also discuss how model degeneracies can be disentangled with observations.