Fundamental Physical Parameters of Collimated Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

Details Fundamental Physical Parameters of Collimated Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows Fundamental Physical Parameters of Collimated Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

2001-08-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108045v1

Astrophys.J. 560 (2001) L49

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, color figures. Submitted to ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/324061

We determine the basic physical characteristics of eight Gamma-Ray Bursts -- 980519, 990123, 990510, 991028, 991216, 000301c, 000926 and 010222 -- by modelling the broadband emission of their afterglows. We find that the burst kinetic energies after the GRB phase are well clustered around a mean value of 3E50 ergs. In contrast, the energy release in gamma-rays, after correcting for collimated explosion, varies among bursts by more than an order of magnitude. The jet initial apertures are the 2-14 degree range, mildly correlated with the energy, half of the jets being narrower than ~3 deg. This implies that, within 100 Mpc, there are about 10 GRB remnants (expanding at ~0.1c) which can be resolved with VLBA. For all eight afterglows the total energy in the shock-accelerated electrons is close to equipartition with protons. However the slope of the power-law electron distribution is not universal, varying between 1.4 and 2.8. In at least half of the cases, the density structure of the medium is inconsistent with an r^{-2} profile. A homogeneous medium with density in the 0.1-50 per cc range can accommodate the broadband emission of all afterglows, with the exception of 990123, for which we find the density to be less than 0.01 per cc. If GRBs arise from the core collapse of massive stars, then such low densities indicate the existence of superbubbles created by the supernovae and winds within a cluster of massive stars.

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