GN-z11-flash in the context of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

2020/12/16 by Kann, D. A., Blazek, M., Postigo, A. de Ugarte +1
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2012.09634

Abstract

The recently discovered rapid transient GN-z11-flash has been suggested to be the prompt-emission ultraviolet flash associated with a gamma-ray burst serendipitously exploding in the ultra-high-z galaxy GN-z11. We here place the flash into the context of the early ultraviolet emission of gamma-ray bursts, and find it is in agreement with the luminosity distribution of these events.

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