Multivariate analysis of BATSE gamma-ray burst properties using skewed distributions
arXiv:1910.08968 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4fe6
Abstract
The number of classes of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), besides the well-established short and long ones, remains a debatable issue. It was already shown, however, that when invoking skewed distributions, the and spaces are adequately modeled with mixtures of only two such components, implying two GRB types. Herein, a comprehensive multivariate analysis of several multi-dimensional parameter spaces is conducted for the BATSE sample of GRBs, with the usage of skewed distributions. It is found that the number of extracted components varies between the examined parameter sets, and ranges from 2 to 4, with higher-dimensional spaces allowing for more classes. A Monte Carlo testing implies that these additional components are likely to be artifacts owing to the finiteness of the data and be a result of examining a particular realization of the data as a random sample, resulting in spurious identifications.
arXiv comment13 pages, 10 figures, 1 table; accepted in ApJ
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