A possible macronova in the late afterglow of the long-short burst GRB 060614

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Yang, Bin [1 ,2 ]
Jin, Zhi-Ping [1 ]
Li, Xiang [1 ,2 ]
Covino, Stefano [3 ]
Zheng, Xian-Zhong [1 ]
Hotokezaka, Kenta [4 ]
Fan, Yi-Zhong [1 ,5 ]
Piran, Tsvi [4 ]
Wei, Da-Ming [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Key Lab Dark Matter & Space Astron, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[3] INAF, Brera Astron Observ, I-23807 Merate, Italy
[4] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
[5] Nanjing Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Modern Astron & Space Expl, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 2015年 / 6卷
关键词
GAMMA-RAY BURST; NEUTRON-STAR; DYNAMICAL EJECTA; LIGHT CURVES; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; GRB-060614; SUPERNOVA; MERGERS;
D O I
10.1038/ncomms8323
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Long-duration (> 2 s) gamma-ray bursts that are believed to originate from the death of massive stars are expected to be accompanied by supernovae. GRB 060614, that lasted 102 s, lacks a supernova-like emission down to very stringent limits and its physical origin is still debated. Here we report the discovery of near-infrared bump that is significantly above the regular decaying afterglow. This red bump is inconsistent with even the weakest known supernova. However, it can arise from a Li-Paczynski macronova-the radioactive decay of debris following a compact binary merger. If this interpretation is correct, GRB 060614 arose from a compact binary merger rather than from the death of a massive star and it was a site of a significant production of heavy r-process elements. The significant ejected mass favours a black hole-neutron star merger but a double neutron star merger cannot be ruled out.
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