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We present a multi-variable regression analysis to several observable quantities for a sample of 15 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The observables used in the analysis includes the isotropic gamma-ray energy (E_{gamma,iso}), the peak energy of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Enwei Liang , Bing Zhang

The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has more than doubled the number of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected above 100 MeV within its first year of operation. Thanks to the very wide energy range covered by Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM;…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Jonathan Granot

We consider whether the variability properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) that produce bright optical and longer wavelength transient afterglows (A-GRBs) are the same as a larger, inclusive sample of bright, long-duration GRBs, selected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joseph A. Munoz , Jonathan C. Tan

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are commonly attributed to the demise of massive stars or the merger of binary compact objects. However, their varied emission characteristics strongly imply the existence of multiple GRB classes based on progenitor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Nishil Mehta , Shabnam Iyyani

We reconsider correlations among the spectral peak energy ($E_p$), 1-second peak luminosity ($L_p$) and isotropic energy (\Eiso), using the database constructed by \citet{yonetoku10} which consists of 109 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) whose…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-15 Ryo Tsutsui , Takashi Nakamura , Daisuke Yonetoku , Toshio Murakami , Keitaro Takahashi

The prompt emission of the gamma-ray bursts is found to be very energetic, releasing ~10^51 ergs in a flash. However, their emission mechanism remains unclear and understanding their spectra is a key to determining the emission mechanism.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Y. Kaneko , R. D. Preece , M. M. Gonzalez , B. L. Dingus , M. S. Briggs

We present a method to estimate the jet opening angles of long duration Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) using the prompt gamma-ray energetics and an inversion of the Ghirlanda relation, which is a correlation between the time-integrated peak energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Adam Goldstein , Valerie Connaughton , Michael S. Briggs , Eric Burns

The duration of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a key indicator of its physics origin, with long bursts perhaps associated with the collapse of massive stars and short bursts with mergers of neutron stars.However, there is substantial overlap in…

We investigated the rest frame spectral lags of two complete samples of bright long (50) and short (6) gamma-ray bursts (GRB) detected by Swift. We analysed the Swift/BAT data through a discrete cross-correlation function (CCF) fitted with…

The prompt GRB emission is thought to arise from electrons accelerated in internal shocks propagating within a highly relativistic outflow. The launch of Fermi offers the prospect of observations with unprecedented sensitivity in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Z. Bosnjak , F. Daigne , G. Dubus

The long, bright gamma-ray burst GRB 070125 was localized by the Interplanetary Network. We present light curves of the prompt gamma-ray emission as observed by Konus-WIND, RHESSI, Suzaku-WAM, and \textit{Swift}-BAT. We detail the results…

Spectral lag, the time difference between the arrival of high-energy and low-energy photons, is a common feature in Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs). Norris et al. 2000 reported a correlation between the spectral lag and the isotropic peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 T. N. Ukwatta , M. Stamatikos , K. S. Dhuga , T. Sakamoto , S. D. Barthelmy , A. Eskandarian , N. Gehrels , L. C. Maximon , J. P. Norris , W. C. Parke

The properties of the spectral evolution during the prompt emission phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are closely related to the radiation mechanism (synchrotron or photosphere), are still a subject of debate. Two spectral evolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Liang Li

We investigate the properties of both the prompt and X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the burst frame with a sample of 33 Swift GRBs. Assuming that the steep decay segment in the canonical X-ray afterglow lightcurves is due to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Xiao-Hong Cui , En-Wei Liang , Hou-Jun Lv , Bin-Bin Zhang , Ren-Xin Xu

We have studied power density spectra (PDS) of 206 long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). We fitted the PDS with a simple power-law and extracted the exponent of the power-law (alpha) and the noise-crossing threshold frequency (f_th). We find that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 T. N. Ukwatta , K. S. Dhuga , D. C. Morris , G. MacLachlan , W. C. Parke , L. C. Maximon , A. Eskandarian , N. Gehrels , J. P. Norris , A. Shenoy

We present an analysis of 123 Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with known redshifts possessing an afterglow plateau phase. We reveal that $L_a-T^{*}_a$ correlation between the X-ray luminosity $L_a$ at the end of the plateau phase and the plateau…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 M. G. Dainotti , V. Petrosian , R. Willingale , P. O' Brien , M. Ostrowski , S. Nagataki

We use the BD2 sample of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) based on 5.9 years of BATSE DISCLA data with a variety of models of the luminosity function to derive characteristic GRB luminosities, space densities and redshift distributions. Previously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Maarten Schmidt

The prompt optical emission contemporaneous with the $\gamma$-rays from $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) carries important information on the central engine and explosion mechanism. We study the time lag between prompt optical emission and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Su Min Tang , Shuang Nan Zhang

Using the sample of long Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by Swift-BAT before June 2007, we measure the cumulative distribution of the peak photon fluxes (log N - log P) of the Swift bursts. Compared with the BATSE sample, we find that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Xinyu Dai

We develop a new method for simultaneous timing and spectral studies of Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) prompt emission and apply it to make a pulse-wise description of the prompt emission of GRB 090618, the brightest GRB detected in the Fermi era.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Rupal Basak , A. R. Rao