Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-01-19
Astrophys.J.648:1110-1116,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
ApJ, in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/505169
We present a theoretical study of double compact objects as potential short/hard gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitors. An updated population synthesis code StarTrack is used to calculate properties of double neutron stars and black-hole neutron star binaries. We obtain their formation rates, estimate merger times and finally predict their most likely merger locations and afterglow properties for different types of host galaxies. Our results serve for a direct comparison with the recent HETE-II and SWIFT observations of several short bursts, for which afterglows and host galaxies were detected. We also discuss the possible constraints these observations put on the evolutionary models of double compact object formation. We emphasize that our double compact object models can successfully reproduce at the same time short GRBs within both young, star-forming galaxies (e.g., GRB 050709 and GRB 051221A), as well as within old, elliptical hosts (e.g., GRB 050724 and probably GRB 050509B)
Belczynski Krzysztof
Bulik Tomasz
Ivanova Natalia
Kalogera Vassiliki
Lamb Donald Q.
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