dc.contributor.author | Fong, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Berger, Edo | |
dc.contributor.author | Margutti, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Zauderer, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-02T21:19:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fong, W., E. Berger, R. Margutti, and B. A. Zauderer. 2015. A Decade of Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Broad-Band Afterglows: Energetics, Circumburst Densities, and Jet Opening Angles. The Astrophysical Journal 815, no. 2: 102. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/815/2/102. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-4357 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:30498458 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present a comprehensive catalog and analysis of broad-band afterglow observations for 103 short duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), comprised of all short GRBs from November 2004 to March 2015 with prompt follow-up observations in the X-ray, optical, near-infrared and/or radio bands. These afterglow observations have uncovered 71 X-ray detections, 30 optical/NIR detections, and 4 radio detections. Employing the standard afterglow synchrotron model, we perform joint probability analyses for a subset of 38 short GRBs with wellsampled light curves to infer the burst isotropic-equivalent energies and circumburst densities. For this subset, we find median isotropic-equivalent γ-ray and kinetic energies of Eγ,iso ≈ 2 × 1051 erg, and EK,iso ≈ (1 − 3) × 1051 erg, respectively, depending on the values of the model input parameters. We further find that short GRBs occur in low-density environments, with a median density of n ≈ (3 − 15) × 10−3 cm−3 , and that ≈ 80 − 95% of bursts have densities of n . 1 cm−3. We investigate trends between the circumburst densities and host galaxy properties, and find that events located at large projected offsets of & 10 effective radii from their hosts exhibit particularly low densities of n . 10−4 cm−3 , consistent with an IGM-like environment. Using late-time afterglow data for 11 events, we find a median jet opening angle of θj = 16±10◦ . We also calculate a median beaming factor of fb ≈ 0.04, leading to a beaming-corrected total energy release of Etrue ≈ 1.6 × 1050 erg. Furthermore, we calculate a beaming-corrected event rate of ℜtrue = 270+1580 −180 Gpc−3 yr−1 , or ≈ 8 +47 −5 yr−1 within a 200 Mpc volume, the Advanced LIGO/Virgo typical detection distance for NS-NS binaries. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Astronomy | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1088/0004-637x/815/2/102 | en_US |
dc.relation.hasversion | https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02922 | en_US |
dash.license | OAP | |
dc.title | A Decade of Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Broad-Band Afterglows: Energetics, Circumburst Densities, and Jet Opening Angles | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | The Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Berger, Edo | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-02T21:19:38Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0004-637x/815/2/102 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Zauderer, B | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Margutti, Raffaella | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Berger, Edo | |