A new method of determining the initial size and Lorentz factor of gamma-ray burst fireballs using a thermal emission component

A Pe'er, F Ryde, RAMJ Wijers… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, increasing evidence has emerged for a thermal component in the γ-and X-
ray spectrum of the prompt emission phase in gamma-ray bursts. The temperature and flux …

On the spectral lags of the short gamma-ray bursts

T Yi, E Liang, Y Qin, R Lu - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present a detailed analysis on the spectral lags of the short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)
and compare them with that of the long GRBs by using the CGRO (Compton Gamma-ray …

A double component in GRB 090618: a proto-black hole and a genuinely long gamma-ray burst

L Izzo, R Ruffini, AV Penacchioni, CL Bianco… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Context. The joint X-ray and gamma-ray observations of GRB 090618 by very many
satellites offer an unprecedented possibility of testing crucial aspects of theoretical models …

Spectral lags and the energy dependence of pulse width in gamma-ray bursts: contributions from the relativistic curvature effect

RF Shen, LM Song, Z Li - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We compute the temporal profiles of the gamma-ray burst pulse in the four Burst and
Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) Large Area Detector (LAD) discriminator energy …

THE Ep–FLUX CORRELATION IN THE RISING AND DECAYING PHASES OF GAMMA-RAY BURST PULSES: EVIDENCE FOR VIEWING ANGLE EFFECT?

RJ Lu, SJ Hou, EW Liang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A time-resolved spectral analysis for a sample of 22 intense, broad gamma-ray
burst (GRB) pulses from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)/BATSE GRB …

Gamma-ray burst pulse shapes: Evidence for embedded shock signatures?

J Hakkila, RD Preece - The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A study of a set of well-isolated pulses in long and intermediate gamma-ray
burst (GRB) light curves indicates that simple pulse models having smooth and monotonic …

The history of GRB outflows: ejection Lorentz factor and radiation location of X-Ray flares

HJ Mu, DB Lin, SQ **, TT Lin, YZ Wang… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present time-resolved spectral analysis of the steep decay segments of 29 bright X-ray
flares of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Swift/X-ray telescope, and model their …

Characteristics of profiles of gamma-ray burst pulses associated with the Doppler effect of fireballs

YP Qin, ZB Zhang, FW Zhang… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we derive in great detail the formula for count rates of gamma-ray bursts
(GRBs) in the framework of fireballs, in terms of the integral of time, where the Doppler effect …

Spectral lags caused by the curvature effect of fireballs

RJ Lu, YP Qin, ZB Zhang, TF Yi - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Recently, Shen et al. have studied the contributions of the curvature effect of fireballs to the
spectral lag and have shown that the observed lags can be accounted for by the effect. Here …

Time-reversed Gamma-Ray Burst Light-curve Characteristics as Transitions between Subluminal and Superluminal Motion

J Hakkila, R Nemiroff - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce a simple model to explain the time-reversed and stretched residuals in gamma-
ray burst (GRB) pulse light curves. In this model an impactor wave in an expanding GRB jet …