Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-08-24
Astrophys.J.638:L67-L70,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 2 figures, emulateapj style, accepted for publication by ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/501049
We present the results of a systematical analysis of the intrinsic optical afterglow light curves for a complete sample of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed in the period from Feb. 1997 to Aug. 2005. These light curves are generally well-sampled, with at least four detections in the $R$ band. The redshifts of all the bursts in the sample are available. We derive the intrinsic $R$ band afterglow lightcurves (luminosity versus time within the cosmic proper rest frame) for these GRBs, and discover a fact that they essentially follow two universal tracks after 2 hours since the GRB triggers. The optical luminosities at 1 day show a clear bimodal distribution, peaking at 1.4*10^{46} ergs~s^{-1} for the luminous group and 5.3*10^{44} ergs~s^{-1} for the dim group. About 75% of the GRBs are in the luminous group, and the other 25% belong to the dim group. While the luminous group has a wide range of redshift distribution, the bursts in the dim group all appear at a redshift lower than 1.1.
Liang Enwei
Zhang Bing
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