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We use a new method of analysis to determine parameters of cosmological gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), assuming that their distribution follows the star-formation history of the universe. Spectral evolution is calculated from an external shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Boettcher , C. D. Dermer

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are classified as Type I GRBs originated from compact binary mergers and Type II GRBs originated from massive collapsars. While Type I GRBs are typically shorter than 2 seconds, recent observations suggest that some…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-11 Si-Yuan Zhu , Hui-Ying Deng , Fu-Wen Zhang , Qian-Zi Mo , Pak-Hin Thomas Tam

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of gamma-ray radiation observed up to a high redshift ($z \sim 10$) due to their luminosities. Thus, they can serve as cosmological tools to probe the early Universe. However, we need…

The Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) classifies cosmological gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) into short (less than 2 s) and long (over 2 s) events, commonly attributed to mergers of compact objects and, respectively, peculiar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Maurice H. P. M. van Putten , Gyeong Min Lee , Massimo Della Valle , Lorenzo Amati , Amir Levinson

The physical origin of prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains an open question since it has been studied more than half a century. Three alternative models (i.e. dissipative photosphere, internal shock, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-27 Yang-Dong-Jun Ou , Hou-Jun Lü , Jia-Ming Chen , Ben-Yang Zhu , En-Wei Liang

Gamma-ray bursts are usually classified through their high-energy emission into short-duration and long-duration bursts, which presumably reflect two different types of progenitors. However, it has been shown on statistical grounds that a…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are generally classified as Type~I GRBs, which originate from compact binary mergers, and Type~II GRBs, which originate from massive collapsars. The traditional correspondence between short--Type~I GRBs and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 Si-Yuan Zhu , Pak-Hin Thomas Tam , Fu-Wen Zhang , Hui-Ying Deng , Bing Zhang

Gamma-Ray bursts (GRBs) have been traditionally classified based on their duration. The increasing number of extended emission (EE) GRBs, lasting typically more than 2 seconds but with properties similar to those of a short GRBs, challenges…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 K. Garcia-Cifuentes , R. L. Becerra , F. De Colle , J. I. Cabrera , C. del Burgo

We classify gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) according to their observed durations and physical properties of their spectra. We find that long/hard bursts (of duration T_90 > 2.5 s, and typical photon energy E_p > 0.8 MeV corresponding to BATSE's…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Marco Tavani

The most energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are remarkable sources releasing huge amounts of energy on short timescales. Their prompt emission, which usually lasts few seconds, is so bright that it is visible across the whole observable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-07 J-L. Atteia , V. Heussaff , J. -P. Dezalay , A. Klotz , D. Turpin , A. E. Tsvetkova , D. D. Frederiks , Y. Zolnierowski , F. Daigne , R. Mochkovitch

We present the results of the spectral analysis of a sample of short bright $\gamma$--ray bursts (GRB) detected by BATSE and compare them with the average and time resolved spectral properties of long bright bursts. While the spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Ghirlanda , G. Ghisellini , A. Celotti

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to belong to two classes and they are conventionally divided according to their durations. This classification scheme is not satisfied due to the fact that duration distributions of the two classes are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Yi-Ping Qin , Zhi-Fu Chen

The separation of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) into short/hard and long/soft subclasses, respectively, is well supported both theoretically and observationally. The long ones are coupled to supernovae type Ib/Ic - the short ones are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-06 Attila Mészáros , Jakub Řípa

A new method of measuring cosmology with gamma-ray bursts(GRBs) has been proposed by Liang and Zhang recently. In this method, only observable quantities including the rest frame peak energy of the \nu F_\nu spectrum (E'_p), the isotropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions in the universe and probe physics under extreme conditions. GRBs divide into two classes, of short and long duration, thought to originate from different types of progenitor systems.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 LAT Collaboration

We have carried out a detailed study of the morphology of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with time duration less than 100 ms that includes: (1) a fast-Fourier spectrum analysis, (2) a comparison with the Stern analysis of longer bursts, (3) an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 David B. Cline , Christina Matthey , Stanislaw Otwinowski

This paper presents the theoretical basis of the fireball/blast wave model, and some implications of recent results on GRB source models and cosmic-ray production from GRBs. BATSE observations of the prompt gamma-ray luminous phase, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. D. Dermer

In this paper we give a brief review of our recent studies on the long and short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected Swift, in an effort to understand the puzzle of classifying GRBs. We consider that it is still an appealing conjecture that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-01-29 Lang Shao , Fu-Wen Zhang , Zi-Gao Dai , Zhi-Ping Jin , Jing-Zhi Yan , Da-Ming Wei

We report evidence from the 3B Catalogue that long ($T_{90} > 10$ s) and short ($T_{90} < 10$ s) gamma-ray bursts represent distinct source populations. Their spatial distributions are significantly different, with long bursts having…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. I. Katz , L. M. Canel

Data from the 3B Catalogue suggest that short and long GRB are the results of different classes of events, rather than different parameter values within a single class: Short bursts have harder spectra in the BATSE bands, but chiefly long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. I. Katz , L. M. Canel