Abstract
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are explosive transient events occurring at cosmological distances, releasing a large amount of energy as electromagnetic radiation over several energy bands. We report the detection of the long GRB 201216C by the MAGIC telescopes. The source is located at z = 1.1 and thus it is the farthest one detected at very high energies. The emission above 70 GeV of GRB 201216C is modelled together with multiwavelength data within a synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) scenario. We find that SSC can explain the broad-band data well from the optical to the very-high-energy band. For the late-time radio data, a different component is needed to account for the observed emission. Differently from previous GRBs detected in the very-high-energy range, the model for GRB 201216C strongly favours a wind-like medium. The model parameters have values similar to those found in past studies of the afterglows of GRBs detected up to GeV energies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5856-5867 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 527 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- astroparticle physics
- gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 201216C
- gamma-ray bursts
- radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
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