27–31 Aug 2018
LVH, Luisenstraße 58, 10117 Berlin
Europe/Berlin timezone

In-vacuo-dispersion-like spectral lags in gamma-ray bursts

31 Aug 2018, 14:51
17m
-2- B. von Langenbeck

-2- B. von Langenbeck

Talk Gamma-rays Gamma Rays

Speaker

Mr Michele Ronco (Sapienza University of Rome, INFN, University of Valencia, IFIC)

Description

Some recent studies exposed rather strong statistical evidence of in-vacuo-dispersion-like spectral lags for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a linear correlation between time of observation and energy of GRB particles. Those results focused on testing in-vacuo dispersion for the most energetic GRB particles, and in particular only included photons with energy at emission greater than 40 GeV. We here extend the window of the statistical analysis down to 5 GeV and find results that are consistent with what had been previously noticed at higher energies.

Primary author

Mr Michele Ronco (Sapienza University of Rome, INFN, University of Valencia, IFIC)

Co-authors

Prof. Fabrizio Fiore (INAF) Mr Giacomo D'Amico (University of Rome "La Sapienza") Prof. Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (INFN) Dr Simonetta Puccetti (ASI)

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