GRB 240715A: Revealing a Novel Intrinsic Mechanism by Different Individual Pulses
Abstract The Space-based multiband astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) detected its first short gamma-ray burst (GRB), GRB 240715A, in flight, which was jointly observed by Fermi. Based on observational data of SVOM/GRM and Fermi/GBM, we perform a comprehensive temporal and spectral analysis of individual pulses in the prompt emission of this burst, and novel characteristics are revealed. First, opposite evolutions of spectral lag are found in the first and third pulse of this burst. Second, the large negative lag of the first pulse is an outlier in the short GRB sample, especially when the pulse duration is considered. Spectral analysis shows that the negative lag of the first pulse is caused by the evolution of the spectrum index and is irrelevant to E peak , which is inconsistent with the previous study. The intrinsic mechanism is probably attributed to electron cooling in the decaying magnetic field, which leads to the continuous hardening of the spectrum index and results in negative lag. Furthermore, spectral analysis also shows that the third pulse is more likely to be described by a quasi-thermal spectrum, indicating the existence of photospheric emission. It is difficult to explain how the synchrotron radiation appears before photospheric emission in a single GRB, and some assumptions are discussed.
Authors
- Wen-Jun Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5506-5970)
- L. P. Xin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9422-3437)
- F. Daigne
- F. Piron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6885-7156)
- Damien Dornic
- Shuang‐Nan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-1017)
- S. Basa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4291-333X)
- Bertrand Cordier
- X. H. Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-0147)
- S. L. Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-7653)
- C. Lachaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3732-854X)
- S. J. Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-6286)
- P. Maggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-5185)
- Bobing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6650-3776)
- He Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3100-6558)
- Jian‐Yan Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1061-8264)
- Shu-Xu Yi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-0174)
- L. M. Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-3396)
- O. Godet
- S. D. Vergani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-4907)
- D. Turpin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1835-1522)
- M. G. Bernardini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-3046)
- Yongwei Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3882-8316)
- Y. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-9500)
- Ping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0466-2223)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6593-8820)
- Bing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9725-2524)
- Bing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-834X)
- Bin‐Bin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4111-5958)
- Hua-Li Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-4192)
- Yang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8694-4672)
- Jiang He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-5783)
- Xiao-Yun Zhao
- Li Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5703-3574)
- Stéphane Schanne
- Chao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-4097)
- Yulei Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7207-4884)
- Maohai Huang
- Chen-Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8053-2985)
- Jinsong Deng
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2020
- Primary Topic
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
- Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences