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April 22, 20260 citations

Estimating the peak energy of

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WSWan-Peng SunGuilin University of TechnologySZSi-Yuan ZhuDMDa-Ling Ma

Key Points

  • The aim is to develop a reliable method for estimating the peak energy of gamma-ray bursts using machine learning.
  • Utilized Swift/BAT observational data as training features from December 2004 to September 2022.
  • Implemented the SuperLearner framework to integrate multiple machine learning algorithms.
  • Trained and tested the model with peak energy data from 516 GRBs detected by Swift and Fermi/GBM or Konus-Wind.
  • The SuperLearner model shows a Pearson correlation coefficient of r = 0.72 with observed peak energies.
  • Estimated peak energies for 650 additional Swift GRBs, increasing the total number available for analysis.
  • Model estimations are closer to true values compared to previous Bayesian methods.

Abstract

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe, and their peak energy (Ep) is a key physical quantity for understanding the prompt emission mechanism. However, due to the limited energy coverage of the Swift satellite, a large fraction of Swift GRBs lack reliable peak energy measurements. Therefore, developing an accurate and efficient method for estimating Ep is of great importance. In this work, we propose a method based on the SuperLearner framework that integrates multiple supervised machine learning algorithms to estimate the Ep of Swift/BAT GRBs. We used the Swift/BAT observational data from December 2004 to September 2022 as training features, and adopted the peak energies of 516 GRBs jointly detected by Swift and either Fermi/GBM or Konus-Wind as training labels. After training and testing multiple supervised models, the final SuperLearner ensemble yields a more robust and reliable predictive model. In 100 iterations of five-fold cross-validation, the estimated E′p values show a tight correlation with the observed Ep, with an average Pearson correlation coefficient of r = 0.72. Compared with previous Bayesian estimates, our model provides estimations that are likely closer to the true values. Based on the trained model, we further estimated the peak energies of 650 Swift GRBs, significantly increasing the number of GRBs with estimated peak energies and providing new statistical support for constraining GRB emission mechanisms and energy origins.

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Sun et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e865126e0dea528dde9a8bhttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202658857/pdf
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