Intrinsic properties of a complete sample of HETE-2 gamma-ray bursts. A measure of the GRB rate in the Local Universe

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dc.creatorPélangeon, A.
dc.creatorAtteia, J. -L.
dc.creatorNakagawa, Y. E.
dc.creatorHurley, K.
dc.creatorYoshida, A.
dc.creatorVanderspek, R.
dc.creatorSuzuki, M.
dc.creatorKawai, N.
dc.creatorPizzichini, G.
dc.creatorBoër, M.
dc.creatorBraga, J.
dc.creatorCrew, G.
dc.creatorDonaghy, T. Q.
dc.creatorDezalay, J. P.
dc.creatorDoty, J.
dc.creatorFenimore, E. E.
dc.creatorGalassi, M.
dc.creatorGraziani, C.
dc.creatorJernigan, J. G.
dc.creatorLamb, D. Q.
dc.creatorLevine, A.
dc.creatorManchanda, J.
dc.creatorMartel, F.
dc.creatorMatsuoka, M.
dc.creatorOlive, J. -F.
dc.creatorPrigozhin, G.
dc.creatorRicker, G. R.
dc.creatorSakamoto, T.
dc.creatorShirasaki, Y.
dc.creatorSugita, S.
dc.creatorTakagishi, K.
dc.creatorTamagawa, T.
dc.creatorVillasenor, J.
dc.creatorWoosley, S. E.
dc.creatorYamauchi, M.
dc.date2008-11-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:16:04Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:16:04Z
dc.descriptionAims: Taking advantage of the forthcoming Catalog of the HETE-2 mission, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the main properties of HETE-2 GRBs - the E_peak, the T_90 and the E_iso - in their source frames and to derive their unbiased distribution. Methods: We first construct a complete sample containing all the bursts localized by the WXM on-board HETE-2, which are selected with a uniform criterion and whose observed parameters can be constrained. We then derive the intrinsic E_peak, T_90 and E_iso distributions using their redshift when it is available, or their pseudo-redshift otherwise. We finally compute the number of GRB (N_Vmax) within the visibility volume (V_max) of each GRB, in order to derive a weight for each detected burst accounting both for the detection significance and the star formation history of the universe. Results: The unbiased distributions obtained clearly show the predominence of X-ray flashes (XRFs) in the global GRB population. We also derive the rate of local GRBs: R0^H2 > 11 Gpc-3 yr-1, which is intermediate between the local rate obtained by considering only the high-luminosity bursts (~1 Gpc-3 yr-1) and that obtained by including the low-luminosity bursts (>200 Gpc-3 yr-1).
dc.description20 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables (editor version: 15 pages, 14 figures, tables 2 and 3 only available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3304
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3304
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys.491:157-171,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809709
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/211684
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleIntrinsic properties of a complete sample of HETE-2 gamma-ray bursts. A measure of the GRB rate in the Local Universe
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