Gamma Ray Bursts in the Swift and GLAST Era

dc.creatorLe, Truong
dc.creatorDermer, Charles D.
dc.date2007-03-29
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dc.descriptionWe summarize our model for long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) that fits the redshift (z) distributions measured with Swift and missions before Swift, and the pre-Swift GRB jet opening-angle distribution inferred from achromatic breaks in the optical light curves. We find that the comoving rate density of GRB sources exhibits positive evolution to $z \gtrsim 3$ -- 5, whereas the star formation rate inferred from measurements of the blue and UV luminosity density peaks at $z\sim 1$ -- 3. The mean intrinsic beaming factor of GRBs is found to be $\approx 34$ -- 42, and we predict that the mean GRB optical jet opening half-angle measured with Swift is $\approx 10^\circ$. We estimate the number of GRBs per year that GLAST is expected to observe based on ratios of BATSE and EGRET GRB fluences.
dc.description2 pages; 1 figure; 1st GLAST Symposium, Palo Alto, California, February 5-8, 2007. Submitted for publication with the Conference Proceedings, AIP
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703772
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703772
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.921:462-463,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2757402
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180241
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGamma Ray Bursts in the Swift and GLAST Era
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