Statistical analysis of the prompt and afterglow emission of the three groups of gamma-ray bursts

J. Kóbori, Z. Bagoly, L. G. Balázs, I. Horváth

Published 2013-09-04Version 1

We investigated the main prompt and afterglow emission parameters of gamma-ray bursts detected by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and X-Ray Telescope installed on the Swift satellite. Our aim was to look for differences or connections between the different types of gamma-ray bursts, so we compared the BAT fluences, 1-sec peak photon fluxes, photon indices, XRT early fluxes, initial temporal decay and spectral indices. We found that there might be a connection between the XRT initial decay index and XRT early flux/BAT photon index. Using statistical tools we also determined that beside the duration and hardness ratios, the means of the \gamma- and X-ray--fluences and the \gamma-ray photon index differ significantly between the three types of bursts.