GRB afterglows: deep Newtonian phase and its application
Astrophysics
2010-11-11 v1
Abstract
Gamma-ray burst afterglows have been observed for months or even years in a few cases. It deserves noting that at such late stages, the remnants should have entered the deep Newtonian phase, during which the majority of shock-accelerated electrons will no longer be highly relativistic. To calculate the afterglows, we must assume that the electrons obey a power-law distribution according to their kinetic energy, not simply the Lorentz factor.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0502555,
title = {GRB afterglows: deep Newtonian phase and its application},
author = {Y. F. Huang and T. Lu and K. S. Cheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0502555},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Poster at the 4th workshop "Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era" (Rome, 2004), accepted for publication in the proceedings. 4 pages, with 3 figures inserted