Early Stages of the GRB Explosion
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Physics of GRB blast waves is discussed with a focus on two effects: (1) pair creation in the external medium by the gamma-ray front and (2) decay of neutrons ahead of the decelerating blast wave. Both effects impact the afterglow mechanism at radii up to 10^{17}cm.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0405214,
title = {Early Stages of the GRB Explosion},
author = {Andrei M. Beloborodov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0405214},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, Sep 8-12