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A Complete Sample of Long Bright Swift GRBs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

G. Tagliaferri
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
R. Salvaterra
Affiliation:
INAF-IASF Milano, via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
S. Campana
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
S. Covino
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
P. D’Avanzo
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
D. Fugazza
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
G. Ghirlanda
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
G. Ghisellini
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
A. Melandri
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
B. Sbarufatti
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
S. Vergani
Affiliation:
INAF-OABr, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy;. e-mail: gianpiero.tagliaferri@brera.inaf.it
L. Nava
Affiliation:
APC Université Paris Diderot, 10 rue Domon et Duquet, 75205 Paris, France
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Abstract

Starting from the Swift sample we defined a complete sub-sample of 58 bright long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB), 52 of them (90%) with a redshift determination, in order to characterize their properties. This complete sample of bright long- GRBs allowed us to investigate their evolution with cosmic time and properties. We focused in particular on the GRB luminosity function, on the spectral-energy correlations of their prompt emission, on the nature of dark bursts and on possible correlations between the prompt and the X-ray afterglow properties.

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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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