Light Curves of Swift Gamma Ray Bursts
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Recent observations from the Swift gamma-ray burst mission indicate that a fraction of gamma ray bursts are characterized by a canonical behaviour of the X-ray afterglows. We present an effective theory which allows us to account for X-ray light curves of both (short - long) gamma ray bursts and X-ray rich flashes. We propose that gamma ray bursts originate from massive magnetic powered pulsars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0606086,
title = {Light Curves of Swift Gamma Ray Bursts},
author = {Paolo Cea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0606086},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
21 pages, 13 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ