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GLAST Prospects for Swift-Era Afterglows

Astrophysics 2019-08-19 v2

Abstract

We calculate the GeV spectra of GRB afterglows produced by inverse Compton scattering of the sub-MeV emission of these objects. We improve on earlier treatments by using refined afterglow parameters and new model developments motivated by recent Swift observations. We present time-dependent GeV spectra for standard, constant parameter models, as well as for models with energy injection and with time-varying parameters, for a range of burst parameters. We evaluate the limiting redshift to which such afterglows can be detected by the GLAST LAT, as well as AGILE.

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@article{arxiv.0705.1545,
  title  = {GLAST Prospects for Swift-Era Afterglows},
  author = {L. J. Gou and P. Meszaros},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1545},
  year   = {2019}
}
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