Multiwavelength Afterglows as Diagnostic Probes of Dense Circumburst Medium in GRBs
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| 作者 | Zhao XH(赵晓红)1,2 |
| 刊名 | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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| 出版日期 | 2026-01-20 |
| 卷号 | 997期号:1 |
| ISSN号 | 0004-637X |
| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/ae21c1 |
| 产权排序 | 第1完成单位 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are generally believed to occur in environments where the surrounding medium is either a uniform interstellar medium, or in some cases, a dense stellar wind from a massive progenitor. Recently, GRB 191019A has been proposed to originate within the accretion disk of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), suggesting that some GRBs may occur in extremely dense environments, although this interpretation remains under debate. This scenario has drawn considerable attention, as AGN disks are promising sites that can host progenitors of both long and short GRBs, and their dense, gas-rich environment could significantly influence jet propagation and afterglow emission. Yet our theoretical understanding of the resulting afterglow signatures in such environments is limited, and further systematic exploration is required. In this study, we investigate how multiwavelength afterglow light curves can be utilized as diagnostic tools to probe the nature of the circumburst environment. Our results show that, in dense environments, GRB afterglows exhibit distinct frequency-dependent behaviors. For jets with large opening angles, the X-ray light curve displays a shallow decay or bump due to a transition from synchrotron to synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) dominance, while the optical and high-energy (GeV) light curves follow typical power-law decays. On the other hand, for small opening angles, the light curves exhibit wavelength-dependent jet breaks: the GeV and optical bands break simultaneously, while the X-ray break is delayed as the SSC component gradually compensates for the fading synchrotron component. These signatures provide potential diagnostics of GRBs occurring in dense media such as AGN disks. |
| 学科主题 | 天文学 ; 星系与宇宙学 |
| URL标识 | 查看原文 |
| 出版地 | No.2 The Distillery, Glassfields, Avon Street, Bristol, ENGLAND |
| WOS关键词 | GAMMA-RAY BURST ; LOWER MASS GAP ; LIGHT CURVES ; RELATIVISTIC JETS ; BLACK-HOLE ; ENERGY INJECTION ; MAGNETIC-FIELDS ; LORENTZ FACTORS ; NEUTRON-STAR ; ACCRETION |
| 资助项目 | MOST divided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12393811] |
| WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001662365000001 |
| 出版者 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| 资助机构 | MOST divided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12393811] |
| 版本 | 出版稿 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/28850]  |
| 专题 | 星系类星体研究组 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhao XH(赵晓红) |
| 作者单位 | 1.Center for Astronomical Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China 2.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, People’s Republic of China; zhaoxh@ynao.ac.cn; |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhao XH. Multiwavelength Afterglows as Diagnostic Probes of Dense Circumburst Medium in GRBs[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2026,997(1). |
| APA | 赵晓红.(2026).Multiwavelength Afterglows as Diagnostic Probes of Dense Circumburst Medium in GRBs.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,997(1). |
| MLA | 赵晓红."Multiwavelength Afterglows as Diagnostic Probes of Dense Circumburst Medium in GRBs".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 997.1(2026). |
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