# On the average gamma-ray burst X-ray flaring activity

@article{Margutti2010OnTA,
title={On the average gamma-ray burst X-ray flaring activity},
author={Raffaella Margutti and Giovanni Bernardini and Rodolfo Barniol Duran and C. Guidorzi and Rongfeng Shen and Guido L. Chincarini},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2010},
volume={410},
pages={1064-1075}
}
Gamma-ray burst X-ray flares are believed to mark the late time activity of the central engine. We compute the temporal evolution of the average flare luminosity hLi in the common rest frame energy band of 44 GRBs taken from the large Swift 5-years data base. Our work highlights the importance of a proper consideration of the threshold of detection of flares against the contemporaneous continuous X-ray emission. In the time interval 30s < t < 1000s we find hLi / t 2.7±0.1 ; this implies that… Expand

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