Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit a diversity of spectra. Several spectral models (e.g., Band, cutoff power law (CPL), and blackbody) and their hybrid versions (e.g., Band+blackbody) have been widely used to fit the observed GRB spectra. Here, we attempt to collect all the bursts detected by Fermi/GBM...

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Main Author: Liang Li
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Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
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description Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit a diversity of spectra. Several spectral models (e.g., Band, cutoff power law (CPL), and blackbody) and their hybrid versions (e.g., Band+blackbody) have been widely used to fit the observed GRB spectra. Here, we attempt to collect all the bursts detected by Fermi/GBM with known redshifts from 2008 July to 2022 May, having been motivated to (i) provide a parameter catalog independent of the official Fermi/GBM team and (ii) achieve a “clean” model-based GRB spectral energy correlation analysis. A nearly complete GRB sample is created, containing 153 such bursts (136 long GRBs and 17 short GRBs). Using the sample and by performing detailed spectral analysis and model comparisons, we investigate two GRB spectral energy correlations: the correlation of the cosmological rest-frame peak energy ( E _p, _z ) of the ν F _ν prompt emission spectrum with (i) the isotropic-bolometric-equivalent emission energy E _γ _,iso (the Amati relation) and (ii) the isotropic-bolometric-equivalent peak luminosity L _p,iso (the Yonetoku relation). From a linear regression analysis, a tight correlation between E _p, _z and E _γ _,iso (and L _γ _,iso ) is found for both Band-like and CPL-like bursts (except for CPL-like long burst E _p, _z – E _γ _,iso correlation). More interestingly, CPL-like bursts do not fall on the Band-like burst Amati and Yonetoku correlations, suggesting distinct radiation processes, and pointing to the fact that these spectral energy correlations are tightly reliant on the model-wise properties.
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spelling doaj.art-fd1fce858a664b74a20116cf791166932023-09-03T14:39:08ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series0067-00492023-01-0126623110.3847/1538-4365/acc867Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise PropertiesLiang Li0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-3089ICRANet, Piazza della Repubblica 10, I-65122 Pescara, Italy ; liang.li@icranet.org; INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo , Via M. Maggini snc, I-64100, Teramo, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica and ICRA, Sapienza Universita di Roma , Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, ItalyGamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit a diversity of spectra. Several spectral models (e.g., Band, cutoff power law (CPL), and blackbody) and their hybrid versions (e.g., Band+blackbody) have been widely used to fit the observed GRB spectra. Here, we attempt to collect all the bursts detected by Fermi/GBM with known redshifts from 2008 July to 2022 May, having been motivated to (i) provide a parameter catalog independent of the official Fermi/GBM team and (ii) achieve a “clean” model-based GRB spectral energy correlation analysis. A nearly complete GRB sample is created, containing 153 such bursts (136 long GRBs and 17 short GRBs). Using the sample and by performing detailed spectral analysis and model comparisons, we investigate two GRB spectral energy correlations: the correlation of the cosmological rest-frame peak energy ( E _p, _z ) of the ν F _ν prompt emission spectrum with (i) the isotropic-bolometric-equivalent emission energy E _γ _,iso (the Amati relation) and (ii) the isotropic-bolometric-equivalent peak luminosity L _p,iso (the Yonetoku relation). From a linear regression analysis, a tight correlation between E _p, _z and E _γ _,iso (and L _γ _,iso ) is found for both Band-like and CPL-like bursts (except for CPL-like long burst E _p, _z – E _γ _,iso correlation). More interestingly, CPL-like bursts do not fall on the Band-like burst Amati and Yonetoku correlations, suggesting distinct radiation processes, and pointing to the fact that these spectral energy correlations are tightly reliant on the model-wise properties.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acc867Gamma-ray bursts
spellingShingle Liang Li
Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gamma-ray bursts
title Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
title_full Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
title_fullStr Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
title_short Revisiting the Spectral Energy Correlations of GRBs with Fermi Data. I. Model-wise Properties
title_sort revisiting the spectral energy correlations of grbs with fermi data i model wise properties
topic Gamma-ray bursts
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acc867
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