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2007A&A...472..395C - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 472, 395-401 (2007/9-3)

Are Swift gamma-ray bursts consistent with the Ghirlanda relation?

CAMPANA S., GUIDORZI C., TAGLIAFERRI G., CHINCARINI G., MORETTI A., RIZZUTO D. and ROMANO P.

Abstract (from CDS):

A few tight correlations linking several properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), namely the spectral peak energy, the total radiated energy, and the afterglow break time, have been discovered with pre-Swift GRBs. They were used to constrain the cosmological parameters, together with type-Ia supernovae. However, the tightness of these correlations is a challenge to GRB models. We explore the effect of adding Swift bursts to the Ghirlanda and Liang-Zhang relations. Although they are both still valid, they become somewhat weakened mostly due to the presence of significant outliers, which otherwise are apparently normal GRBs so difficult to distinguish. The increased dispersion of the relations makes them less reliable for purposes of precision cosmology.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: bursts - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - X-rays: general

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