The Peak Energy Distribution of the νFν Spectra in the Rest Frame
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Abstract
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most violent events in the universe. The peak energy of the νFν spectra Ep is an important quantity of the GRBs and it is dramatically different from burst to burst. The energy distribution of Ep is wide, and the distribution profile of the observed Ep from different satellites is without major differences. After calculating the peak energy E'p=Ep,z/Γ0 of the νFν spectra in the jet co-moving frame and comparing the distribution of the Ep in jet-comoving frame and observed frame, we find that the distributions show no significant difference. The result indicates that the wide distribution of the observed Ep may not be governed by the Doppler boosting effect, rather, it may be the true physical distribution of the peak energy of the GRBs.
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