X-ray flashes from off-axis gamma-ray bursts

被引:147
作者
Yamazaki, R [1 ]
Ioka, K
Nakamura, T
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Dept Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[2] Osaka Univ, Dept Earth & Space Sci, Toyonaka, Osaka 5600043, Japan
[3] Kyoto Univ, Yukawa Inst Theoret Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
关键词
gamma rays : bursts; gamma rays : theory;
D O I
10.1086/341225
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
K. Ioka and T. Nakamura proposed a simple jet model that is compatible with the peak luminosity-spectral lag relation, the peak luminosity-variability relation, and various other relations in the gamma-ray bursts. If the viewing angle is much larger than the collimation angle of the jet in the model by Ioka and Nakamura, for appropriate model parameters we obtain the observational characteristics of the X-ray flashes, such as the peak flux ratio and the fluence ratio between the gamma-ray (50-300 keV) and the X-ray (2-10 keV) band, the X-ray photon index, the typical duration, and the event rate, similar to100 yr(-1). In our model, if the distance to the X-ray flashes is much larger than similar to1 Gpc (or z greater than or similar to 0.2) they are too dim to be observed, so the spatial distribution of the X-ray flashes should be homogeneous and isotropic.
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页码:L31 / L35
页数:5
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