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arxiv: 1605.04660 · v1 · pith:JGYWG56Vnew · submitted 2016-05-16 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE

Black hole central engine for ultra-long gamma-ray burst 111209A and its associated supernova 2011kl

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keywords centralultra-longblackburstengineholefall-backgamma-ray
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Recently, the first association between an ultra-long gamma-ray burst (GRB) and a supernova is reported, i.e., GRB 111209A/SN 2011kl, which enables us to investigate the physics of central engines or even progenitors for ultra-long GRBs. In this paper, we inspect the broad-band data of GRB 111209A/SN 2011kl. The late-time X-ray lightcurve exhibits a GRB 121027A-like fall-back bump, suggesting a black hole central engine. We thus propose a collapsar model with fall-back accretion for GRB 111209A/SN 2011kl. The required model parameters, such as the total mass and radius of the progenitor star, suggest that the progenitor of GRB 111209A is more likely a Wolf-Rayet star instead of blue supergiant, and the central engine of this ultra-long burst is a black hole. The implications of our results is discussed.

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