Using jet breaks to estimate GRB distances
Abstract
Recent observations have suggested that the true energy release of GRBs is potentially far less than previously thought. This is due to beaming, a signature of which is a broadband break in the power-law decay of the afterglow emission. Taking these results we have constructed a basic distance estimator, which may be useful as a diagnostic tool for the large amount of GRBs without a spectroscopically measured redshift.
- Publication:
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Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921306008362
- Bibcode:
- 2006IAUS..230..246W