Giant X-ray Bump in GRB 121027A: Evidence for Fall-back Disk Accretion

Abstract

A particularly interesting discovery in observations of GRB 121027A is that of a giant X-ray bump detected by the Swift/X-Ray Telescope. The X-ray afterglow re-brightens sharply at about 1000 s after the trigger by more than two orders of magnitude in less than 200 s. This X-ray bump lasts for more than 10 ks. It is quite different from typical X-ray flares. In this Letter we propose a fall-back accretion model to interpret this X-ray bump within the context of the collapse of a massive star for a long-duration gamma-ray burst. The required fall-back radius of about 3.5e10 cm and mass of about 0.9-2.6 solar masses imply that a significant part of the helium envelope should survive through the mass loss during the last stage of the massive progenitor of GRB 121027A.

5 pages, 3 figures, 2013, ApJL, 767:L36

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