English

Modeling long GRBs using a single shock with relativistic radiation hydrodynamics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2016-05-17 v1

Abstract

We explore the possibility that a single relativistic shock, where the gas dynamics is coupled with radiation, can fit the light curves of long GRBs. For this we numerically solve the one dimensional relativistic radiation hydrodynamics equations with a single initial shock. We calculate light curves due to the evolution of this shock in terms of the velocity of the shock, the opacity of the gas, mass density and density of radiated energy. We explore how the variation of each of these parameters provides different features in the light curves. As examples we include the fitting of two long GRBs.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1604.03457,
  title  = {Modeling long GRBs using a single shock with relativistic radiation hydrodynamics},
  author = {F. J. Rivera-Paleo and F. S. Guzman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03457},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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