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Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from GRBs: Predictions versus Acceleration Modeling

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v2

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the analysis of Fermi acceleration of protons in GRBs and its neutrino signature. We have compared the consequences of Bohm scaling and those of a Kolmogorov scaling, the latter being more reliable. The predictions about the energy limitation of UHE-protons by the various losses and the neutrino emissions turn out to be very sensitive to these scalings. We consider Kolmogorov scaling as the most realistic and predict a reasonable pp-neutrino emission around 100 GeV at the end of the radiative stage of the fireball expansion, for a large number of GRBs pending on their baryonic load. A second pγ\gamma-neutrino emission is expected with the acceleration of protons in the radiation free stage, but with a synchrotron loss limitation immediately followed by a severe expansion loss limitation. According to the Kolmogorov scaling, the protons could not reach the UHE-range. Anyway the large possibility of a two component neutrino emission would be an interesting clue of cosmic ray physics.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0302231,
  title  = {Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from GRBs: Predictions versus Acceleration Modeling},
  author = {D. Gialis and G. Pelletier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0302231},
  year   = {2015}
}

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23 pages, 1 figure