Evolution of an afterglow with a hard electron spectrum
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Diffusive shock acceleration theory suggests that the ``universal'' energy spectrum of electrons with a power-law index p approximately equal to 2.3, commonly used to model GRB afterglows, cannot extend below an electron lorentz factor gamma_e equal to the bulk lorentz factor of the blast wave multiplied by the ratio of proton and electron masses. We suggest that the electron energy distribution has a slope p < 2 below this limit, down to an appropriate gamma_m. A two-slope spectrum such as this provides a good model for the afterglow of GRB010222.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0301379,
title = {Evolution of an afterglow with a hard electron spectrum},
author = {D Bhattacharya and L Resmi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0301379},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, contribution to Rome 2002 GRB Workshop