Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Spectral index-flux relation for investigating the origins of steep decay in γ-ray bursts

  • Samuele Ronchini,
  • Gor Oganesyan,
  • Marica Branchesi,
  • Stefano Ascenzi,
  • Maria Grazia Bernardini,
  • Francesco Brighenti,
  • Simone Dall’Osso,
  • Paolo D’Avanzo,
  • Giancarlo Ghirlanda,
  • Gabriele Ghisellini,
  • Maria Edvige Ravasio,
  • Om Sharan Salafia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24246-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Gamma ray bursts (GRB) are transient events releasing large amount of energy. Here, the authors show a relation between the spectral index and the flux, which allows further investigation of the origin of steep decay in GRBs.