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Gamma-Ray Bursts are precise distance indicators similar to Type Ia Supernovae?

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2012-05-17 v2

Abstract

We estimate the distance modulus to long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) using the Type I Fundamental Plane, a correlation between the spectral peak energy EpE_{\rm p}, the peak luminosity LpL_{\rm p}, and the luminosity time TLT_{\rm L} (Eiso/Lp\equiv E_{\rm iso}/L_{\rm p} where EisoE_{\rm iso} is isotropic energy) for small Absolute Deviation from Constant Luminosity(ADCL). The Type I Fundamental Plane of LGRBs is calibrated using 8 LGRBs with redshift z<1.4z<1.4. To avoid any assumption on the cosmological model, we use the distance modulus of 557 Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) from the Union 2 sample. This calibrated Type I Fundamental Plane is used to measure the distance moduli to 9 high-redshift LGRBs with the mean error σˉμ=0.31\bar \sigma_{\mu}=0.31, which is comparable with that of SNe Ia σˉμ=0.26\bar \sigma_{\mu}=0.26 where μ\mu stands for the distance modulus. The Type I Fundamental Plane is so tight that our distance moduli have very small uncertainties. From those distance moduli, we obtained the constraint ΩM=0.22±0.04\Omega_{\rm M}=0.22\pm0.04 for flat Λ\LambdaCDM universe. Adding 9 LGRBs distance moduli (z>1.4z>1.4) to 557 SNeIa distance moduli (z<1.4z<1.4) significantly improves the constraint for non-flat Λ\LambdaCDM universe from (ΩM,ΩΛ\Omega_{\rm M}, \Omega_{\rm \Lambda})=(0.29±0.100.29\pm0.10, 0.76±0.130.76\pm0.13) for SNeIa only to (ΩM,ΩΛ\Omega_{\rm M}, \Omega_{\rm \Lambda})=(0.23±0.060.23\pm0.06, 0.68±0.080.68\pm0.08) for SNeIa and 9 LGRBs.

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@article{arxiv.1205.2954,
  title  = {Gamma-Ray Bursts are precise distance indicators similar to Type Ia Supernovae?},
  author = {Ryo Tsutsui and Takashi Nakamura and Daisuke Yonetoku and Keitaro Takahashi and Yoshiyuki Morihara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.2954},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

12 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to JCAP. Some references added