Gamma-Ray Bursts are precise distance indicators similar to Type Ia Supernovae?
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 , the peak luminosity , and the luminosity time ( where 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 . 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 , which is comparable with that of SNe Ia where 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 for flat CDM universe. Adding 9 LGRBs distance moduli () to 557 SNeIa distance moduli () significantly improves the constraint for non-flat CDM universe from ()=(, ) for SNeIa only to ()=(, ) 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