A Uniform Correlation between Synchrotron Luminosity and Doppler Factor in Gamma-ray Bursts and Blazars: hint of similar intrinsic luminosities?

TL;DR

This study finds a consistent correlation between synchrotron luminosity and Doppler factor in GRBs and blazars, implying similar jet physics and intrinsic luminosities, and explores their implications for observed energy relations.

Contribution

It reveals a universal L_syn romrom D^3.1 correlation in GRBs and blazars, suggesting shared jet physics and similar intrinsic luminosities.

Findings

GRBs and blazars follow a L_syn romrom D^3.1 correlation.

Intrinsic peak energy of GRBs ranges from 0.1 to 3 keV.

Positive correlation between intrinsic luminosity and peak energy in GRBs.

Abstract

We compile 23 Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) and 21 blazars with estimated Doppler factors, and the Doppler factors of GRBs are estimated from their Lorentz factors by assuming their jet viewing angles \theta->0 degree. Using the conventional assumption that the prompt emission of GRBs is dominated by the synchrotron radiation, we calculate the synchrotron luminosity of GRBs from their total isotropic energy and burst duration. Intriguingly, we discover a uniform correlation between the synchrotron luminosity and Doppler factor, L_syn \propto D^3.1, for GRBs and blazars, which suggests that they may share some similar jet physics. One possible reason is that GRBs and blazars have, more or less, similar intrinsic synchrotron luminosities and both of them are strongly enhanced by the beaming effect. After Doppler and redshift-correction, we find that the intrinsic peak energy of the GRBs ranges from 0.1 to 3 keV with a typical value of 1 keV. We further correct the beaming effect for the observed luminosity of GRBs and find that there exists a positive correlation between the intrinsic synchrotron luminosity and peak energy for GRBs, which is similar to that of blazars. Our results suggest that both the intrinsic positive correlation and the beaming effect may be responsible for the observed tight correlation between the isotropic energy and the peak energy in GRBs (so called "Amati" relation).