The rate of short-duration gamma-ray bursts in the local universe

Soheb Mandhai; Nial Tanvir; Gavin Lamb; Andrew Levan; David Tsang

doi:10.3390/galaxies6040130

The rate of short-duration gamma-ray bursts in the local universe

Soheb Mandhai, Nial Tanvir, Gavin Lamb, Andrew Levan, David Tsang

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Abstract

Following the faint gamma-ray burst, GRB170817A, coincident with a gravitational wave-detected binary neutron star merger at d ~ 40 Mpc, we consider the constraints on a local population of faint short duration GRBs (defined here broadly as T₉₀ < 4 s). We review proposed low-redshift short-GRBs and consider statistical limits on a d ≲ 200Mpc population using Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), and Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) GRBs. Swift/BAT short-GRBs give an upper limit for the all-sky rate of < 4 y^-1 at d < 200 Mpc, corresponding to < 5% of SGRBs. Cross-correlation of selected CGRO/BATSE and Fermi/GBM GRBs with d < 100 Mpc galaxy positions returns a weaker constraint of ≲ 12 y^-1. A separate search for correlations due to SGR giant flares in nearby (d < 11 Mpc) galaxies finds an upper limit of < 3 y^-1. Our analysis suggests that GRB170817A-like events are likely to be rare in existing SGRB catalogues. The best candidate for an analogue remains GRB050906, where the Swift/BAT location was consistent with the galaxy IC 0327 at d ≈ 132 Mpc. If binary neutron star merger rates are at the high end of current estimates, then our results imply that at most a few percent will be accompanied by detectable gamma-ray flashes in the forthcoming LIGO/Virgo science runs.

Original language	English
Article number	130
Journal	Galaxies
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies6040130
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2018

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Acknowledgments: The authors thank Andrew Blain for useful discussions. We would like to extend our gratitude to the reviewers of this paper for their useful feedback and comments. We acknowledge the usage of the following databases: HyperLEDA; Extragalactic Distance Database; NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database; Two Mass Redshift Survey. For the images used in Figure 2, we acknowledge the usage of the Digitized Sky Survey produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute under U.S. Government Grant NAG W-2166. The images of these surveys are based on photographic data obtained using the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain and the U.K. Schmidt Telescope. The plates were processed into the present compressed digital form with the permission of these institutions. S.F.M. is supported by a PhD studentship funded by the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Leicester; G.P.L. is supported by STFC grants; N.R.T. and A.J.L. acknowledge support through ERC Grant 725246 TEDE.

Keywords

Host galaxies
Physics
Progenitors
Short gamma-ray bursts

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