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We analyze the Swift/BAT sample of short gamma-ray bursts, using an objective Bayesian Block procedure to extract temporal descriptors of the bursts' initial pulse complexes (IPCs). The sample comprises 12 and 41 bursts with and without…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Jay P. Norris , Neil Gehrels , Jeffrey D. Scargle

The recent association of several short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with early type galaxies with low star formation rate demonstrates that short bursts arise from a different progenitor mechanism than long bursts. However, since the duration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-30 Jay P. Norris , Jerry T. Bonnell

We present the results of our systematic search for extended emission components following initial short gamma-ray burst (GRB) spikes, using Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) observations. We performed the extended emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-17 Zahide Funda Bostanci , Yuki Kaneko , Ersin Gogus

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) frequently exhibit complex prompt emission structures with multiple temporally distinct episodes, such as a main emission (ME) phase followed by a weak extended emission (EE) tail. Whether these subcomponents…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 Liang Li , Xiao Wang , Zhi-Li Cui , Cheng-Long Xiao , Wen Li , Yu Wang , Zi-Gao Dai , Rong-Gen Cai

Some short GRBs are followed by longer extended emission, lasting anywhere from ~10 to ~100 s. These short GRBs with extended emission (EE) can possess observational characteristics of both short and long GRBs (as represented by GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-07 Y. Kaneko , Z. F. Bostanci , E. Gogus , L. Lin

Short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) with extended emission (EE) are composed of initial main emission (ME) with a short-hard spike, followed by a long-lasting EE. Whether the ME and EE originated from the same origin or not, as well as the jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-07 Xue-Zhao Chang , Hou-Jun Lü , Xing Yang , Jia-Ming Chen , En-Wei Liang

Preliminary results of our analysis on the extended emission of short/medium duration GRBs observed with Swift/BAT are presented. The Bayesian blocks algorithm is used to analyze the burst durations and the temporal structure of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lin Lin , En-Wei Liang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Shuang Nan Zhang

Some short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) show a longer lasting emission phase, called extended emission (EE) lasting $\sim 10^{2-3}\,\rm s$, as well as a plateau emission (PE) lasting $\sim10^{4-5}\,\rm s$. While a long-lasting activity of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-11 Tatsuya Matsumoto , Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase , Peter Mészáros

Owing to narrow energy band of \textit{Swift}/BAT, several urgent issues are required to pay more attentions but unsolved so far. We systematically study the properties of a refined sample of 283 \textit{Swift}/BAT gamma-ray bursts with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-30 Z. B. Zhang , M. Jiang , Y. Zhang , K. Zhang , X. J. Li , Q. Zhang

The \emph{Swift} Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), operating in the 15--150 keV energy band, struggles to detect the peak energy ($E_{\rm p}$) of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), as most GRBs have $E_{\rm p}$ values typically distributed between 200-300…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-12 Liang Li , Yu Wang

The short duration (T90 < 2 s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected in the SPI-ACS experiment onboard the INTEGRAL observatory are investigated. Averaged light curves have been constructed for various groups of events, including short GRBs and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 P. Yu. Minaev , A. S. Pozanenko , V. M. Loznikov

We investigate spectral evolution in 37 bright, long gamma-ray bursts observed with the BATSE Spectroscopy Detectors. High resolution spectra are characterized by the energy of the peak of \nfn~and the evolution of this quantity is examined…

Observations of recurrent explosive events (EEs) with time scale of 3-5 minutes are reported. These EEs have been observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and have a spatial dimension of $\sim1.5"$ along the slit. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-14 G. R. Gupta , Durgesh Tripathi

Short GRBs with extended emission (EE) that are composed initially of a short-hard spike and followed by a long-lasting EE, are thought to be classified as a subsection of short GRBs. The narrow energy band available during the {\em Swift}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Lin Lan , Rui-Jing Lu , Hou-Jun Lü , Jun Shen , Jared Rice , Long Li , En-Wei Liang

We analyze pulse properties of Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) from a new catalog containing 434 pulses from 387 BATSE Time-Tagged Event (TTE) GRBs. Short GRB pulses exhibit correlated properties of duration, fluence, hardness, and amplitude,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-28 Jon Hakkila , Istvan Horvath , Eric Hofesmann , Stephen Lesage

We have recently completed a search of 6 years of archival BATSE data for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were too faint to activate the real-time burst detection system running onboard the spacecraft. These "non-triggered" bursts can be…

This is the first in a series of gamma-ray burst spectroscopy catalogs from the Burst And Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, each covering a different aspect of burst phenomenology. In this paper, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. D. Preece , M. S. Briggs , R. S. Mallozzi , G. N. Pendleton , W. S. Paciesas , D. L. Band

Owing to lack of multiple components of prompt $\gamma$-ray emissions in short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs), how these distinct components are correlated still keeps unclear. In this paper, we investigate the spectral and temporal properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 X. J. Li , Z. B. Zhang , K. Zhang

We place empirical constraints on the physical properties of $\gamma-$ray burst events at cosmological distances. In particular we derive probability distributions for the radiation energy $E_\gamma$, the minimum Lorentz factor $\gamma_{\rm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Eric Woods , Abraham Loeb

We compare the spectral properties of 79 short and 79 long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected by BATSE and selected with the same limiting peak flux. Short GRBs have a low-energy spectral component harder and a peak energy slightly higher…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Ghirlanda , L. Nava , G. Ghisellini , A. Celotti , C. Firmani
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