Gamma Ray Bursts: Not so Much Deadlier than We Thought
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2020-12-14 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract
We analyze the additional effect on planetary atmospheres of recently detected gamma-ray burst afterglow photons in the range up to 1 TeV. For an Earth-like atmosphere we find that there is a small additional depletion in ozone versus that modeled for only prompt emission. We also find a small enhancement of muon flux at the planet surface. Overall, we conclude that the additional afterglow emission, even with TeV photons, does not result in a significantly larger impact over that found in past studies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2009.14078,
title = {Gamma Ray Bursts: Not so Much Deadlier than We Thought},
author = {Brian C. Thomas and Dimitra Atri and Adrian L. Melott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.14078},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Replaced with version to be published in MNRAS