The detectability of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts near-infrared afterglows with CAGIRE
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| author | Fortin, Francis Atteia, Jean-Luc de la Flèche, Alix Nouvel Valentin, Hervé Boulade, Olivier Corre, David Turpin, Damien Secroun, Aurélia Basa, Stéphane Dolon, François Floriot, Johan Lombardo, Simona Borgne, Jean-François Le Watson, Alan M. Lee, William H. |
| author_facet | Fortin, Francis Atteia, Jean-Luc de la Flèche, Alix Nouvel Valentin, Hervé Boulade, Olivier Corre, David Turpin, Damien Secroun, Aurélia Basa, Stéphane Dolon, François Floriot, Johan Lombardo, Simona Borgne, Jean-François Le Watson, Alan M. Lee, William H. |
| contents | Context. Transient sky astronomy is entering a new era with the advent of the SVOM mission (Space Variable Objects Monitor), which was successfully launched on the 26th of June, 2024. The primary goal of SVOM is to monitor the hard X-ray sky searching for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). On top of its on-board follow-up capabilities, SVOM will be backed by its ground segment composed of several facilities, of which the near-infrared imager CAGIRE. Mounted on the robotic telescope COLIBRI, it will be a unique instrument, able to perform fast follow-up of GRB afterglows in J and H bands, an ideal combination to catch high-redshift (z>6) and/or obscured GRBs.
Aims. This paper aims at estimating the performances of CAGIRE for GRB near-infrared afterglow detection based on the characteristics of the detector and the specificities of the COLIBRI telescope. Quickly fading GRB afterglows pose challenges that should be addressed by adapting observing strategies to the capabilities of CAGIRE.
Methods. We use an end-to-end image simulator to produce realistic CAGIRE images, taking into account results from the characterization of the ALFA detector used by CAGIRE. We implemented a GRB afterglow generator that simulates infrared lightcurves and spectra based on published observation of distant GRBs (z>6).
Results. We retrieved the photometry of 9 GRB afterglows in various scenarios covered by CAGIRE. Catching afterglows as early as two minutes after burst allows the identification of a nIR counterpart in the brightest 4 events. When artificially redshifted even further away, these events remain detectable by CAGIRE up to z=9.6 in J band, and z=13.3 in H band, indicating the potential of CAGIRE to be a pioneer in the identification of the most distant GRBs to date. |
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| spellingShingle | The detectability of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts near-infrared afterglows with CAGIRE Fortin, Francis Atteia, Jean-Luc de la Flèche, Alix Nouvel Valentin, Hervé Boulade, Olivier Corre, David Turpin, Damien Secroun, Aurélia Basa, Stéphane Dolon, François Floriot, Johan Lombardo, Simona Borgne, Jean-François Le Watson, Alan M. Lee, William H. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Context. Transient sky astronomy is entering a new era with the advent of the SVOM mission (Space Variable Objects Monitor), which was successfully launched on the 26th of June, 2024. The primary goal of SVOM is to monitor the hard X-ray sky searching for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). On top of its on-board follow-up capabilities, SVOM will be backed by its ground segment composed of several facilities, of which the near-infrared imager CAGIRE. Mounted on the robotic telescope COLIBRI, it will be a unique instrument, able to perform fast follow-up of GRB afterglows in J and H bands, an ideal combination to catch high-redshift (z>6) and/or obscured GRBs. Aims. This paper aims at estimating the performances of CAGIRE for GRB near-infrared afterglow detection based on the characteristics of the detector and the specificities of the COLIBRI telescope. Quickly fading GRB afterglows pose challenges that should be addressed by adapting observing strategies to the capabilities of CAGIRE. Methods. We use an end-to-end image simulator to produce realistic CAGIRE images, taking into account results from the characterization of the ALFA detector used by CAGIRE. We implemented a GRB afterglow generator that simulates infrared lightcurves and spectra based on published observation of distant GRBs (z>6). Results. We retrieved the photometry of 9 GRB afterglows in various scenarios covered by CAGIRE. Catching afterglows as early as two minutes after burst allows the identification of a nIR counterpart in the brightest 4 events. When artificially redshifted even further away, these events remain detectable by CAGIRE up to z=9.6 in J band, and z=13.3 in H band, indicating the potential of CAGIRE to be a pioneer in the identification of the most distant GRBs to date. |
| title | The detectability of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts near-infrared afterglows with CAGIRE |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16979 |