A size-duration trend for gamma-ray burst progenitors

Abstract

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) show a bimodal distribution of durations, separated at a duration of ~2 s. Observations have confirmed the association of long GRBs with the collapse of massive stars. The origin of short GRBs is still being explored. We examine constraints on the emission region size in short and long GRBs detected by Fermi/GBM. We find that the emission region size during the prompt emission, R, and the burst duration, T${}_{90}$, are consistent with the relation R ~ c x T${}_{90}$, for both long and short GRBs. We find the characteristic size for the prompt emission region to be ~2 x 10${}^{10}$ cm, and ~4 x 10${}^{11}$ cm for short and long GRBs, respectively.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in ApJ Letters

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