Short and canonical GRBs
Astrophysics
2009-06-23 v1
Abstract
Within the "fireshell" model for the Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) we define a "canonical GRB" light curve with two sharply different components: the Proper-GRB (P-GRB), emitted when the optically thick fireshell of electron-positron plasma originating the phenomenon reaches transparency, and the afterglow, emitted due to the collision between the remaining optically thin fireshell and the CircumBurst Medium (CBM). We outline our "canonical GRB" scenario, with a special emphasis on the discrimination between "genuine" and "fake" short GRBs.
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@article{arxiv.0804.2803,
title = {Short and canonical GRBs},
author = {Carlo Luciano Bianco and Maria Grazia Bernardini and Letizia Caito and Maria Giovanna Dainotti and Roberto Guida and Remo Ruffini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2803},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, in the Proceedings of the "Gamma Ray Bursts 2007" meeting, November 5-9, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA