Kilohertz quasiperiodic oscillations in short gamma-ray bursts

Cecilia Chirenti (), Simone Dichiara, Amy Lien, M. Coleman Miller and Robert Preece
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Cecilia Chirenti: University of Maryland
Simone Dichiara: The Pennsylvania State University
Amy Lien: University of Tampa
M. Coleman Miller: University of Maryland
Robert Preece: University of Alabama in Huntsville

Nature, 2023, vol. 613, issue 7943, 253-256

Abstract: Abstract Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with binary neutron star mergers, which are multimessenger astronomical events that have been observed both in gravitational waves and in the multiband electromagnetic spectrum1. Depending on the masses of the stars in the binary and on details of their largely unknown equation of state, a dynamically evolving and short-lived neutron star may be formed after the merger, existing for approximately 10–300 ms before collapsing to a black hole2,3. Numerical relativity simulations across different groups consistently show broad power spectral features in the 1–5-kHz range in the post-merger gravitational-wave signal4–14, which is inaccessible by current gravitational-wave detectors but could be seen by future third-generation ground-based detectors in the next decade15–17. This implies the possibility of quasiperiodic modulation of the emitted gamma rays in a subset of events in which a neutron star is formed shortly before the final collapse to a black hole18–21. Here we present two such signals identified in the short bursts GRB 910711 and GRB 931101B from archival Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) data, which are compatible with the predictions from numerical relativity.

Date: 2023
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