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ZhiBin Zhang

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Multi-wavelength analysis of the SN-associated low-luminosity GRB 171205A

Multi-wavelength properties of the nearby Supernova(SN)-associated low-luminosity GRB 171205A are investigated in depth to constrain its physicalan origin synthetically. The pulse width is found to be correlated with energy with a power-law index of $-0.24\pm0.07 $, which is consistent with the indices of other SN/GRBs but larger than those of long GRBs. By analyzing the overall light curve of its prompt gamma-rays and X-ray plateaus simultaneously, we infer that the early X-rays together with the gamma-rays should reflect the activities of central engine while the late X-rays may be dominated by the interaction of external shocks with circumburst material. In addition, we find that the host radio flux and offset of GRB 171205A are similar to those of other nearby low-luminosity GRBs. We adopt 9 SN/GRBs with measured offset to build a relation between peak luminosity ($L_{γ,p}$) and spectral lag ($τ$) as $L_{γ,p}\proptoτ^{-1.91\pm0.33}$. The peak luminosity and the projected physical offset of both 12 SN/GRBs and 10 KN/GRBs are found to be moderately correlated, suggesting their different progenitors. The multi-wavelength afterglow fitted with a top-hat jet model indicates that the jet half-opening angle and the viewing angle of GRB 171205A are $\thicksim$ 34.4 and 41.8 degrees, respectively, which implies that the off-axis emissions are dominated by the peripheral cocoon rather than the jet core.

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Intensity Distribution Function and Statistical Properties of Fast Radio Bursts

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are intense radio flashes from the sky that are characterized by millisecond durations and Jansky-level flux densities. We carried out a statistical analysis on FRBs discovered. Their mean dispersion measure, after subtracting the contribution from the interstellar medium of our Galaxy, is found to be $\sim 660\,\rm pc\,cm^{-3}$, supporting their being from cosmological origin. Their energy released in radio band spans about two orders of magnitude, with a mean value of $\sim 10^{39}$ ergs. More interestingly, although the FRB study is still in a very early phase, the published collection of FRBs enables us to derive a useful intensity distribution function. For the 16 non-repeating FRBs detected by Parkes telescope and the Green Bank Telescope, the intensity distribution can be described as $dN/dF_{\rm obs} = (4.1 \pm 1.3) \times 10^3 \, F_{\rm obs}^{-1.1\pm0.2} \; \rm sky^{-1}\,day^{-1}$, where $F_{\rm obs}$ is the observed radio fluence in units of Jy~ms. Here the power-law index is significantly flatter than the expected value of 2.5 for standard candles distributed homogeneously in a flat Euclidean space. Based on this intensity distribution function, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) will be able to detect about 5 FRBs for every 1000 hours of observation time.

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