Identifying Subclasses of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts with Cumulative Light Curve Morphology of Prompt Emissions
Identifying Subclasses of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts with Cumulative Light Curve Morphology of Prompt Emissions
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DOI:
10.1093/pasj/65.1.3
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2012-01
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2.3
通讯作者:
Ryo Tsutsui;Takashi Nakamura;D. Yonetoku;Keitaro Takahashi;Y. Morihara
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作者:
Ryo Tsutsui;Takashi Nakamura;D. Yonetoku;Keitaro Takahashi;Y. Morihara
We argue for a new classification scheme of long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) using the morphology of the cumulative light curve of prompt emission. We parametrize the morphology by an absolute deviation from their constant luminosity (ADCL), and derive the value for 36 LGRBs that have spectropic redshifts, spectral parameters determined by the Band model, 1-s peak fluxes, fluences, and 64-ms resolution light curves whose peak counts are 10-times larger than background fluctuations. Based on a possible bimodal distribution of the value of ADCL, we divide the sample into two groups (ADCL 0.17), and for each group derive the spectral peak energy Ep–peak luminosity Lp correlation and the Fundamental Plane of LGRBs, which is a correlation between Ep, the luminosity time TL (� Eiso=Lp where Eiso is isotropic energy), and Lp. We find that the Fundamental Plane at Ep = 10 2:71 keV and TL = 10 0:86 s for large ADCL events are 2.8-times brighter than that for small ADCL events with 5-� levels. The Fundamental Planes with small and large ADCL are given by Lp = 10 52:53˙0:01 (Ep=10 2:71 keV) 1:84˙0:03 (TL=10 0:86 s) 0:29˙0:08 with � 2 = 10.93=14 and Lp = 10 52:98˙0:08 (Ep=10 2:71 keV) 1:82˙0:09 (TL=10 0:86 s) 0:85˙0:27 with � 2 = 7.58=8, respectively. This fact implies the existence of subclasses of LGRBs characterized by the value of ADCL. The other significant difference between the relations for the two subclasses consists in the exponent of TL, which might provide a hint of the physics of the relations, but the significance is now only at 2-� levels. Also, there is a hint for the existence of an intermediateADCL class, which deviates from both fundamental planes. Both relations are so tight that our result provides a new accurate distance measurement scheme up to the high-redshift universe.