J/ApJ/701/824    Afterglows of short and long-duration GRBs  (Nysewander+, 2009)

A comparison of the afterglows of short- and long-duration gamma-ray bursts. Nysewander M., Fruchter A.S., Pe'er A. <Astrophys. J., 701, 824-836 (2009)> =2009ApJ...701..824N 2009ApJ...701..824N
ADC_Keywords: Gamma rays ; X-ray sources ; Photometry Keywords: gamma rays: bursts - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal Abstract: We present a comparative study of the observed properties of the optical and X-ray afterglows of short- and long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs). Using a large sample of 37 short and 421 long GRBs, we find a strong correlation between the afterglow brightness measured after 11hr and the observed fluence of the prompt emission. Both the optical (R band) and X-ray flux densities (FR and FX) scale with the γ-ray fluence, Fγ. For bursts with a known redshift, a tight correlation exists between the afterglow flux densities at 11hr (rest frame) and the total isotropic γ-ray energy, Eγ,ISO: FR,X∝Eγ,ISOα, with α∼1. Description: In this study, we include GRBs detected by all satellites, beginning with GRB 970111, the first localization with follow-up observations capable of detecting an afterglow, and ending over a decade later, with GRB 071227. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 164 37 Observed prompt and afterglow properties of short-duration GRBs table2.dat 164 420 Observed prompt and afterglow properties of long-duration GRBs refs.dat 130 735 References -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/ApJ/693/1484 : Early optical afterglow catalog (Cenko+, 2009) J/ApJ/686/1209 : Optical properties of GRB afterglows (Melandri+, 2008) J/AJ/133/1027 : Positions for 179 Swift X-ray afterglows (Butler+, 2007) J/A+A/455/813 : BeppoSAX catalog of GRB X-ray afterglows (De Pasquale+, 2006) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat table2.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 7 A7 --- GRB GRB designation 9- 18 A10 --- Sat Satellite 20- 21 I2 keV LoCh Lower energy channel 23- 27 I5 keV UpCh Upper energy channel 29- 34 F6.4 --- z ? Redshift 35 A1 --- f_z [ab] Probable (a) or Cluster (b) redshift 37- 44 F8.2 10-10J/m2 Flu Fluence in 10-7erg/cm2 46- 51 F6.2 10-10J/m2 E_Flu ? Upper limit uncertainty in Flu 53- 58 F6.2 10-10J/m2 e_Flu ? Lower limit uncertainty in Flu 60 A1 --- l_logE Limit flag on logE 61- 65 F5.2 [10-7J] logE ? Total isotropic γ-ray energy (erg) 67- 70 F4.2 [10-7J] E_logE ? Upper limit uncertainty in logE 72- 75 F4.2 [10-7J] e_logE ? Lower limit uncertainty in logE 77 A1 --- l_RFlux Limit flag on RFlux 78- 84 F7.1 uJy RFlux ? R band flux density 11 hours after the burst 87- 92 F6.1 uJy E_RFlux ? Upper limit uncertainty in RFlux 95- 99 F5.1 uJy e_RFlux ? Lower limit uncertainty in RFlux 101 A1 --- l_XFlux Limit flag on XFlux 102-108 F7.2 10-17W/m2 XFlux ? The 0.2-10keV X-ray flux 11 hours after the burst (10-14erg/cm2/s) 110-116 F7.2 10-17W/m2 E_XFlux ? Upper limit uncertainty in XFlux 118-124 F7.2 10-17W/m2 e_XFlux ? Lower limit uncertainty in XFlux 126-128 A3 --- n_XFlux [abcd, ] energy range of XFlux (2) 130 A1 --- l_FR/FX Limit flag on FR/FX 131-135 F5.2 --- FR/FX ? Ratio of R band to X-ray fluxes 137-140 F4.2 --- E_FR/FX ? Upper limit uncertainty in FR/FX 142-145 F4.2 --- e_FR/FX ? Lower limit uncertainty in FR/FX 147-164 A18 --- Ref Reference(s) (see refs.dat file) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (2): Flag as follows: a = 1.6-10.0keV; b = 2-10keV; c = 0.5-6.0keV; d = Uses estimated NH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 3 I3 --- Ref Reference number 5- 23 A19 --- BibCode Bibcode 25-130 A106 --- Comm Authors and comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 08-Sep-2011
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