A possible origin of bimodal distribution of gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal Volume 620 Issue 2 Page 835-839 published_at 2005-02
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A possible origin of bimodal distribution of gamma-ray bursts
Creator
Toma Kenji
Yamazaki Ryo
Nakamura Takashi
Source Title
Astrophysical Journal
Volume 620
Issue 2
Start Page 835
End Page 839
Abstract
We study the distribution of the durations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the unified model of short and long GRBs recently proposed by Yamazaki, Ioka, and Nakamura. Monte Carlo simulations show clear bimodal distributions, with lognormal- like shapes for both short and long GRBs, in a power-law as well as a Gaussian angular distribution of the subjets. We find that the bimodality comes from the existence of the discrete emission regions ( subjets or patchy shells) in the GRB jet. To explain other temporal properties of short and long GRBs, the subjet parameters should depend on the angle in the whole jet.
NDC
Astronomy. Space sciences [ 440 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date of Issued 2005-02
Rights
Copyright (c) 2005 The American Astronomical Society
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0004-637X
[DOI] 10.1086/427179
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/427179