English

Constraints on Jets and Luminosity Function of Gamma-ray Bursts Associated with Supernovae

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

If Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are generally associated with supernovae like 1998bw, a relatively wide intrinsic luminosity function is implied, which indicates the existence of a large amount of undetected dim bursts, and a much higher event-rate than is often assumed. If it is assumed that the intrinsic luminosity function of GRBs is a power-law: ϕ(L)Lβ{\phi (L)} \propto {L^{-\beta}} (β>0\beta > 0, LminLLmaxL_{min} \leq L \leq L_{max}), data from the BATSE 4B catalog can be used to constrain slope index β\beta and the dynamic range width Log LmaxLmin{L_{max}\over L_{min}}. Using a K-S test comparison with the observational Log NN - Log PP, we find constraints on the GRB fireball model, GRB jets, and the possible GRB contribution to cosmic gamma-ray background. We find the acceptable dynamic range for 102<Lmax/Lmin<10710^2<L_{max}/L_{min} < 10^7.Our results show that jet model is more likely to be related more highly energetic explosion than fireball model.Our studies also show that the luminosity function provided by a purely special relativistic effect on a jet is outside of the K-S test acceptable range. Were intrinsic beaming to confine the jet to θmax<1/γ\theta_{max} < 1/\gamma however, the effects of relativistic beaming would not dominate.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909113,
  title  = {Constraints on Jets and Luminosity Function of Gamma-ray Bursts Associated with Supernovae},
  author = {H. Che},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909113},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

13 pages, 1 figure