Quantifying the Luminosity Evolution in Gamma-ray Bursts

Details Quantifying the Luminosity Evolution in Gamma-ray Bursts Quantifying the Luminosity Evolution in Gamma-ray Bursts

2006-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601146v1

Astrophys.J. 642 (2006) 371-381

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1086/500816

We estimate the luminosity evolution and formation rate for over 900 GRBs by using redshift and luminosity data calculated by Band, Norris, $&$ Bonnell (2004) via the lag-luminosity correlation. By applying maximum likelihood techniques, we are able to infer the true distribution of the parent GRB population's luminosity function and density distributions in a way that accounts for detector selection effects. We find that after accounting for data truncation, there still exists a significant correlation between the average luminosity and redshift, indicating that distant GRBs are on average more luminous than nearby counterparts. This is consistent with previous studies showing strong source evolution and also recent observations of under luminous nearby GRBs. We find no evidence for beaming angle evolution in the current sample of GRBs with known redshift, suggesting that this increase in luminosity can not be due to an evolution of the collimation of gamma-ray emission. The resulting luminosity function is well fit with a single power law of index $L'^{-1.5}$, which is intermediate between the values predicted by the power-law and Gaussian structured jet models. We also find that the GRB comoving rate density rises steeply with a broad peak between $1 3$. This rate density qualitatively matches the current estimates of the cosmic star formation rate, favoring a short lived massive star progenitor model, or a binary model with a short delay between the formation of the compact object and the eventual merger.

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