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The realization that the total energy of GRBs is correlated with their jet break angles motivates the search for a similar relation between the peak luminosity, $L$, and the jet break angles, $L\propto\theta^{-2}$. Such a relation implies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-21 D. Guetta , T. Piran , E. Waxman

As of December 2023, the Swift satellite has detected more than 1600 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We select 307 Type II GRBs for constructing the luminosity function (LF) based on the following criteria: (1) duration $T_{90} \geq 2 s$; (2)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-19 Yan-Kun Qu , Zhong-Xiao Man , Yu-Peng Yang , Shuang-Xi Yi , Mei Du , Fa-yin Wang

Clustering is an important tool to describe gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We analyzed the Final BATSE Catalog using Gaussian-mixture-models-based clustering methods for six variables (durations, peak flux, total fluence and spectral hardness…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 B. G. Tóth , I. I. Rácz , I. Horváth

Recent evidence appears to link gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) to star-forming regions in galaxies at cosmological distances. If short-lived massive stars are the progenitors of GRBs, the rate of events per unit cosmological volume should be an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Cristiano Porciani , Piero Madau

The cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) formation rate, as derived from the variability-luminosity relation for long-duration GRBs, is compared with the cosmic star formation rate. If GRBs are related to the collapse of massive stars, one expects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Edward E. Fenimore , Neil Trentham

We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry of 28 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the \textit{Swift} satellite and rapidly observed by the Reionization and Transients Infrared/Optical (RATIR) camera. We compare the optical…

In order to obtain an overview of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), we need a full sample. In this paper, we collected 6289 GRBs (from GRB 910421 to GRB 160509A) from the literature, including prompt emission, afterglow and host galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 Feifei Wang , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Fuxiang Liu , Bin Liao , Yu Liu , Yating Chai , Lei Xia

Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have recently attracted much attention as a possible way to extend the Hubble diagram to very high redshift. To this aim, the luminosity (or isotropic emitted energy) of a GRB at redshift z must be evaluated from a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-11 V. F. Cardone , S. Capozziello , M. G. Dainotti

We develop a robust technique to determine the minimum variability timescale for Gamma-ray Burst light curves, utilizing Haar wavelets. Our approach averages over the data for a given GRB, providing an aggregate measure of signal variation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 V. Zach Golkhou , Nathaniel R. Butler

According to Einstein's special relativity theory, the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers. However, quantum gravity effects could introduce its dispersion depending on the energy of photons. The investigation of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-21 Anastasia Tsvetkova , Luciano Burderi , Alessandro Riggio , Andrea Sanna , Tiziana Di Salvo

We investigate the cosmological evolution of GRBs, using the total gamma ray fluence as a measure of the burst strength. This involves an understanding of the distributions of the spectral parameters of GRBs as well as the total fluence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-06 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Vahe' Petrosian

Several luminosity indicators have been found for Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) wherein measurable light curve and spectral properties are well-correlated with the peak luminosity. Several papers have each applied one different luminosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Teresa Ashcraft , Bradley E. Schaefer

We discuss possible tests of the constancy of the velocity of light using distant astrophysical sources such as gamma-ray bursters (GRBs), Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and pulsars. This speculative quest may be motivated by some models of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Ellis , K. Farakos , N. E. Mavromatos , V. Mitsou , D. V. Nanopoulos

We propose a new method for the classification of optically dark gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), based on the X-ray and optical-to-X-ray spectral indices of GRB afterglows, and utilizing the spectral capabilities of Swift. This method depends less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-19 A. J. van der Horst , C. Kouveliotou , N. Gehrels , E. Rol , R. A. M. J. Wijers , J. K. Cannizzo , J. Racusin , D. N. Burrows

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are violent stellar explosions that are traditionally divided into two groups: short bursts (SGRBs) with an observed duration T90 < 2 s, and long bursts (LGRBs) with an observed duration T90 > 2 s, where T90 refers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-21 Ali M. Hasan , Walid J. Azzam

We present a systematic spectral analysis of 350 bright Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) observed with the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE; $\sim$ 30 keV -- 2 MeV) with high temporal and spectral resolution. Our sample was selected from…

We carry out a search for signatures of cosmological time dilation in the light curves of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs), detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. For this purpose, we calculate two different durations ($T_{50}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-07 Amitesh Singh , Shantanu Desai

Gamma-ray bursts are traditionally classified as short and long bursts based on their $T_{\rm 90}$ value (the time interval during which an instrument observes $5\%$ to $95\%$ of gamma-ray/hard X-ray fluence). However, $T_{\rm 90}$ is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-10 Dimple , Kuntal Misra , Ankur Ghosh , K. G. Arun , Rahul Gupta , Amit Kumar , L. Resmi , S. B. Pandey , Lallan Yadav

We use the lag-luminosity relation to calculate self-consistently the redshifts, apparent peak bolometric luminosities L_B, and isotropic energies E_iso for a large sample of BATSE gamma-ray bursts. We consider two different forms of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David L. Band , Jay P. Norris , Jerry T. Bonnell

We compute the intrinsic isotropic peak luminosity function (LF) and formation rate of long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) using a novel approach. We complement a standard log\,$N$\,--\,log\,$P$ brightness distribution and $V_{\mathrm{max}}$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 E. J. Howell , D. M. Coward , G. Stratta , B. Gendre , H. Zhou