A Comprehensive Analysis of Insight-HXMT Gamma-Ray Burst Data. I. Power Density Spectrum

Abstract

Power Density Spectrum (PDS) is one of the powerful tools to study light curves of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We show the average PDS and individual PDS analysis with Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (also named ∈sighthxmt) GRBs data. The values of power-law index of average PDS (αP) for long GRBs (LGRBs) vary from 1.58-1.29 (for 100-245, 245-600, and 600-2000 keV). The ∈sighthxmt\ data allow us to extend the energy of the LGRBs up to 2000 keV, and a relation between αP and energy E, αP E-0.09 (8-2000 keV) is obtained. We first systematically investigate the average PDS and individual PDS for short GRBs (SGRBs), and obtain αP E-0.07 (8-1000 keV), where the values of αP vary from 1.86 to 1.34. The distribution of power-law index of individual PDS (α) of SGRB, is consistent with that of LGRB, and the α value for the dominant timescale group (the bent power-law, BPL) is higher than that for the no-dominant timescale group (the single power-law, PL). Both LGRBs and SGRBs show similar α and αP, which indicates that they may be the result of similar stochastic processes. The typical value of dominant timescale τ for LGRBs and SGRBs is 1.58 s and 0.02 s, respectively. It seems that the τ in proportion to the duration of GRBs T90, with a relation τ T900.86. The GRB light curve may result from superposing a number of pulses with different timescales. No periodic and quasi-periodical signal above the 3σ significance threshold is found in our sample.

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