Probing into emission mechanisms of GRB 190530A using time-resolved spectra and polarization studies: Synchrotron Origin?

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac015
• Publication Date: 2022-01-06T20:10:34Z
• Authors: Rahul Gupta; S Gupta; T Chattopadhyay; V Lipunov; A J Castro-Tirado; D Bhattacharya; S B Pandey; S R Oates; Amit Kumar; Y-D Hu; A F Valeev; P Yu Minaev; H Kumar; J Vinko; Dimple Dimple; V Sharma; A Aryan; A Castellón; A Gabovich; A Moskvitin; A Ordasi; A Pál; A Pozanenko; B-B Zhang; B Kumar; D Svinkin; D Saraogi; D Vlasenko; E Fernández-García; E Gorbovskoy; G C Anupama; K Misra; K Sárneczky; L Kriskovics; M Á Castro-Tirado; M D Caballero-García; N Tiurina; P Balanutsa; R R Lopez; R Sánchez-Ramírez; R Szakáts; S Belkin; S Guziy; S Iyyani; S N Tiwari; Santosh V Vadawale; T Sun; V Bhalerao; V Kornilov; V V Sokolov
• Keywords: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Gamma-ray burst: general; FOS: Physical sciences; telescopes; methods: data analysis; 01 natural sciences; general [Gamma-ray burst]; Polarization; 0103 physical sciences; data analysis [methods]; Gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 190530A; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Polarization; methods: data analysis; telescopes; individual: GRB 190530A [Gamma-ray burst]

Abstract Multi-pulsed GRB 190530A, detected by the GBM and LAT onboard Fermi, is the sixth most fluent GBM burst detected so far. This paper presents the timing, spectral, and polarimetric analysis of the prompt emission observed using AstroSat and Fermi to provide insight into the prompt emission radiation mechanisms. The time-integrated spectrum shows conclusive proof of two breaks due to peak energy and a second lower energy break. Time-integrated (55.43 ± 21.30 %) as well as time-resolved polarization measurements, made by the Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) onboard AstroSat, show a hint of high degree of polarization. The presence of a hint of high degree of polarization and the values of low energy spectral index (αpt) do not run over the synchrotron limit for the first two pulses, supporting the synchrotron origin in an ordered magnetic field. However, during the third pulse, αpt exceeds the synchrotron line of death in few bins, and a thermal signature along with the synchrotron component in the time-resolved spectra is observed. Furthermore, we also report the earliest optical observations constraining afterglow polarization using the MASTER (P < 1.3 %) and the redshift measurement (z= 0.9386) obtained with the 10.4m GTC telescopes. The broadband afterglow can be described with a forward shock model for an ISM-like medium with a wide jet opening angle. We determine a circumburst density of n0 ∼ 7.41, kinetic energy EK ∼ 7.24 × 1054 erg, and radiated γ-ray energy Eγ, iso ∼ 6.05 × 1054 erg, respectively.