Hard X-ray spectral investigations of gamma-ray bursts 120521C and 130606A at high-redshift z ∼ 6

Abstract

This study presents the temporal and spectral analysis of the prompt emission of two high-redshift gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), 120521C at $z\sim6$ and 130606A at $z\sim5.91$, which were performed using the Swift-XRT/BAT and the Suzaku-WAM simultaneously. Based on follow-up XRT observations, the longest durations of the prompt emissions were approximately $80$ s (120521C) and $360$ s (130606A) in the rest frame of each GRB, which are categorized as long-duration GRBs, but are insufficiently long compared with the predicted duration of GRBs that originate from first-generation stars. Because of the wide bandpass of the instruments covering the ranges of 15 keV--5 MeV (BAT-WAM) and 0.3 keV--5.0 MeV (XRT-BAT-WAM), we successfully determined the $\nu F_{\nu}$ peak energies $E_{\rm peak}^{\rm src}$ of $682^{+845}_{-207}$ keV and $1209^{+553}_{-304}$ keV in the rest frame, and the isotropic-equivalent radiated energies $E_{\rm iso}$ of $(8.25^{+2.24}_{-1.96})\times10^{52}$ erg and $(2.82^{+0.17}_{-0.71})\times10^{53}$ erg, respectively. These obtained characteristic parameters are in accordance with the well-known relation between $E_{\rm peak}^{\rm src}$ and $E_{\rm iso}$ (Amati relation). In addition, we examined the relations between $E_{\rm peak}^{\rm src}$ and the 1-s peak luminosity, $L_{\rm p}$, or the geometrical corrected radiated energy, $E_{\gamma}$, and confirmed the $E_{\rm peak}^{\rm src}$-$L_{\rm p}$ (Yonetoku) and $E_{\rm peak}^{\rm src}$-$E_{\gamma}$ (Ghirlanda) relations. The results implied that these high-redshift GRBs at $z\sim6$, expected as having radiated from the reionization epoch, have similar properties as that of X-ray prompt emission with low-redshift GRBs.