Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-31
AIP Conf.Proc.836:117-120,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
71 page, 33 figures. Submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2207869
HETE-II and BeppoSAX have produced a sample of GRBs and XRFs with known redshifts and $E_{pk}$. This sample provides four important empirical constraints on the nature of the source jets: Log $E_{iso}$ is approximately uniformly distributed over several orders of magnitude; the inferred prompt energy Log $E_{\gamma}$ is narrowly distributed; the Amati relation holds between $E_{iso}$ and $E_{pk}$; and the Ghirlanda relation holds between $E_{\gamma}$ and $E_{pk}$. We explore the implications of these constraints for GRB jet structure during the prompt emission phase. We infer the underlying angular profiles from the first two of the above constraints assuming all jets have the same profile and total energy, and show that such ``universal jet'' models cannot satisfy both constraints. We introduce a general and efficient method for calculating relativistic emission distributions and $E_{pk}$ distributions from jets with arbitrary (smooth) angular jet profiles. We also exhibit explicit analytical formulas for emission from top-hat jets (which are not smooth). We use these methods to exhibit $E_{pk}$ and $E_{iso}$ as a function of viewing angle, for several interesting families of GRB jet profiles. We use the same methods to calculate expected frequency distributions of $E_{iso}$ and $E_{\gamma}$ for the same families of models. We then proceed to explore the behavior of universal jet models under a range of profile shapes and parameters, to map the extent to which these models can conform to the above four empirical constraints.
Donaghy Tim Q.
Graziani Carlo
Lamb Don Q.
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