摘要
Double gamma-ray bursts （DGRBs） have two well-separated sub-bursts in the main prompt emission and the typical time interval between them is in the hundreds of seconds. Among DGRBs, gamma-ray bursts （DGRBs） 110801A and 120716A are the ones with known redshifts. However, unlike GRB 110801A, we show that the two sub-bursts of GRB 120716A is severally similar to the short- and long-duration GRBs, thus it is difficult to explain the origin of GRB 120716A by the popular models on the central engine of GRBs. We suggest that some mechanisms of x-ray flares in GRBs, i.e., a post-merger millisecond pulsars or the jet precession in a black hole hyperaccretion system may produce the DGRB.
Double gamma-ray bursts （DGRBs） have two well-separated sub-bursts in the main prompt emission and the typical time interval between them is in the hundreds of seconds. Among DGRBs, gamma-ray bursts （DGRBs） 110801A and 120716A are the ones with known redshifts. However, unlike GRB 110801A, we show that the two sub-bursts of GRB 120716A is severally similar to the short- and long-duration GRBs, thus it is difficult to explain the origin of GRB 120716A by the popular models on the central engine of GRBs. We suggest that some mechanisms of x-ray flares in GRBs, i.e., a post-merger millisecond pulsars or the jet precession in a black hole hyperaccretion system may produce the DGRB.
基金
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2014CB845800, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11103015, 11163003, 11222328, 11233006, 11333004, 11473022, U1331101, and U1431107, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Open Research Program of Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects under Grant No OP201305, and the China Scholarship Council under Grant No [2013]3009.
