Discovery of a Transient Absorption Edge in the X-ray Spectrum of GRB 990705

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dc.creatorAmati, L.
dc.creatorFrontera, F.
dc.creatorVietri, M.
dc.creatorZand, J. J. M. in't
dc.creatorSoffitta, P.
dc.creatorCosta, E.
dc.creatorDel Sordo, S.
dc.creatorPian, E.
dc.creatorPiro, L.
dc.creatorAntonelli, L. A.
dc.creatorFiume, D. Dal
dc.creatorFeroci, M.
dc.creatorGandolfi, G.
dc.creatorGuidorzi, C.
dc.creatorHeise, J.
dc.creatorKuulkers, E.
dc.creatorMasetti, N.
dc.creatorMontanari, E.
dc.creatorNicastro, L.
dc.creatorOrlandini, M.
dc.creatorPalazzi, E.
dc.date2000-12-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:07:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:07:59Z
dc.descriptionWe report the discovery of a transient equivalent hydrogen column density with an absorption edge at ~3.8 kiloelectron volts in the spectrum of the prompt x-ray emission of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 990705. This feature can be satisfactorily modeled with a photoelectric absorption by a medium located at a redshift of ~0.86 and with an iron abundance of ~75 times the solar one. The transient behavior is attributed to the strong ionization produced in the circumburst medium by the GRB photons. The high iron abundance points to the existence of a burst environment enriched by a supernova along the line of sight. The supernova explosion is estimated to have occurred about 10 years before the burst. Our results agree with models in which GRBs originate from the collapse of very massive stars and are preceded by a supernova event
dc.description15 pages,3 fig.s, link to the published paper in Science, 290, 953 (2000) through http://tonno.tesre.bo.cnr.it/~amati/curric/node6.html#papsci
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012318
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012318
dc.identifierScience290:953-955,2000
dc.identifierdoi:10.1126/science.290.5493.953
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189986
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDiscovery of a Transient Absorption Edge in the X-ray Spectrum of GRB 990705
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