Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B
arXiv:1111.2922 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/132
Abstract
The double burst, GRB 110709B, triggered Swift/BAT twice at 21:32:39 UT and 21:43:45 UT, respectively, on 9 July 2011. This is the first time we observed a GRB with two BAT triggers. In this paper, we present simultaneous Swift and Konus-WIND observations of this unusual GRB and its afterglow. If the two events originated from the same physical progenitor, their different time-dependent spectral evolution suggests they must belong to different episodes of the central engine, which may be a magnetar-to-BH accretion system.
10 pages, 14 figures, 2 tables. ApJ accepted