Fiore 2007 伽玛暴的红移分布及选择效应

主要内容:
认为Swift暴和其他仪器所观测的红移分布不一致，认为是由选择效应导致的。认为大部分没有红移的Swift暴的红移低于2。

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文章信息:
Selection effects shaping the Gamma Ray Burst redshift distributions

Authors: F. Fiore, D. Guetta, S. Piranomonte, V. D'Elia, L.A. Antonelli

(Submitted on 17 Apr 2007 (v1), last revised 18 Apr 2007 (this version, v2))

Abstract: Long Gamma Ray Bursts hold the promise of probing star-formation and metal enrichment up to very high redshifts. The present GRB samples with redshift determination are largely incomplete and therefore a careful analysis of selection effects is mandatory before any conclusion can be drawn from the observed GRB redshift distribution. We study and compare three well defined samples of long GRBs detected by Swift, HETE2 and BeppoSAX. We find that Swift GRBs are slighly fainter and harder than BeppoSAX and HETE2 GRBs, as expected due to the higher energy range in which Swift GRBs are detected and localized, compared to BeppoSAX and HETE2. Gas and dust obscuration plays a role in shaping the GRB samples and the present samples of GRBs with redshift. We argue that the majority of the bright Swift GRBs without redshift might actually be z<~2 events therefore the present Swift GRB sample with redshift is biased against low-z GRBs. On the other hand, the detection of bright UV rest-frame afterglows from high-z GRBs, and even from those with large X-ray obscuration, implies a dust amount lower than in nearby GRBs,and/or a different dust composition. If this is the case, the Swift sample of GRBs with redshifts is probably a fair sample of the real high-z GRB population. The absence of high-z GRBs in the BeppoSAX and HETE2 samples of GRBs with redshifts is probably due to the fact at the time of BeppoSAX and HETE2 follow-up faint afterglows of high redshift GRBs will have weaken below the spectroscopic capabilities of even 10m class telescopes. The redshift distribution of a subsample of Swift GRBs with distributions of peak-fluxes, X-ray obscuration and optical magnitude at a fixed observing time similar to those of the BeppoSAX and HETE2 samples, is roughly consistent with BeppoSAX+HETE2 redshift distribution.

Comments:

9 pages, back to A&A after referee report

Subjects:

Astrophysics (astro-ph)

Cite as:

arXiv:0704.2189v2 [astro-ph]