The time ending the shallow decay of the X-ray light curves of long GRBs

Dado, Shlomo; Dar, Arnon; De Rujula, A.

The time ending the shallow decay of the X-ray light curves of long GRBs

Authors

Dado, Shlomo

Dar, Arnon

De Rujula, A.

Description

We show that the mean values and distributions of the time ending the shallow decay of the light curve of the X-ray afterglow of long gamma ray bursts (GRBs), the equivalent isotropic energy in the X-ray afterglow up to that time and the equivalent isotropic GRB energy, as well as the correlations between them, are precisely those predicted by the cannonball (CB) model of GRBs. Correlations between prompt and afterglow observables are important in that they test the overall consistency of a GRB model. In the CB model, the prompt and afterglow spectra, the endtime, the complex canonical shape of the X-ray afterglows and the correlations between GRB observables are not surprises, but predictions.
12 pages, 4 figures