Nissim Fraija, William H. Lee, Peter Veres, Rodolfo Barniol Duran
Published 2017-01-05Version 1
The merger of a binary neutron star system is suggested as the central engine of short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs). For the merger process, simulations predict that magnetic field is amplified beyond magnetar field strength by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. With the Large Area Telescope (LAT), bursts have been detected that show a temporally extended component in coincidence with a short-lasting peak at the end of the prompt phase. We show that the presence of these LAT components in a sGRB could provide evidence of magnetic field amplification in the neutron star merger.
Comments: 6 pages and 2 figures, revised version. To appear in the proceedings of the conference "High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows (HEPRO V)", held in La Plata, Argentina (5-8 October 2015)
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