Journal
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 852, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9ce5
Keywords
gamma-ray burst: general; gravitational waves
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2014CB845800]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11422325, 11373022]
- Excellent Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20140016]
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In this paper, we study the luminosity function and formation rate of short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs). First, we derive the E-p-L-p correlation using 16 sGRBs with redshift measurements and determine the pseudo redshifts of 284 Fermi sGRBs. Then, we use the Lynden-Bell c(-) method to study the luminosity function and formation rate of sGRBs without any assumptions. A strong evolution of luminosity L(z) proportional to (1 + z)(4.47) is found. After removing this evolution, the luminosity function is Psi(L) proportional to L-0(-0.29 +/- 0.01) for dim sGRBs and psi(L) proportional to L-0(-1.07 +/- 0.01) for bright sGRBs, with the break point 8.26 x 10(50) erg s(-1). We also find that the formation rate decreases rapidly at z < 1.0, which is different from previous works. The local formation rate of sGRBs is 7.53 events Gpc(-3) yr(-1). Considering the beaming effect, the local formation rate of sGRBs including off-axis sGRBs is 203.31(-135.54)(+1152.09) events Gpc(-3) yr(-1). We also estimate that the event rate of sGRBs detected by the advanced LIGO and Virgo is 0.85(-0.56)(+4.82) events yr(-1) for an NS-NS binary.
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