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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and following afterglows are considered to be produced by dissipation of kinetic energy of a relativistic fireball and radiation process is widely believed as synchrotron radiation or inverse Compton scattering of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Tomonori Totani

The gamma-ray burst GRB 180720B is very peculiar. On one hand, some interesting features have been found by performing the detailed time-resolved spectral analysis in the prompt phase. First, the `flux-tracking' pattern is exhibited both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-24 Ming-Ya Duan , Xiang-Gao Wang

The radiative process responsible for gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) prompt emission has not been identified yet. If dominated by fast-cooling synchrotron radiation, the part of the spectrum immediately below the $\nu F_\nu$ peak energy should…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Gor Oganesyan , Lara Nava , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Annalisa Celotti

The brightest Gamma-ray burst, GRB 221009A, has spurred numerous theoretical investigations, with particular attention paid to the origins of ultra-high energy TeV photons during the prompt phase. However, analyzing the mechanism of…

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission is commonly attributed to non-thermal radiation processes operating in the optically thin regions of a relativistic outflow. Among these, optically thin inverse-Compton (IC) scattering remains an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Pragyan Pratim Bordoloi , Shubh Mittal , Shabnam Iyyani

We propose a new mechanism for the prompt emission of gamma-ray burst. In our model electrons are continuously accelerated in the post shock region via plasma turbulence. Using the Monte Carlo technique, we mimic the second-order Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-05 K. Asano , T. Terasawa

Cosmological fireball models of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) predict delayed emission, ``after-glow,'' at longer wavelengths. We present several new results regarding the model predictions, and show that X-ray to optical observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Eli Waxman

We present detailed calculations of the prompt spectrum of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) predicted within the fireball model framework, where emission is due to internal shocks in an expanding relativistic wind. Our time dependent numerical model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Asaf Pe'er , Eli Waxman

Although the physical origin of prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains inconclusive, previous studies have considered the synchrotron radiation of relativistic electrons as a promising mechanism. These works usually adopted a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Kuan Liu , Da-Bin Lin , Kai Wang , Li Zhou , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

We study the synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) emission from internal shocks that are responsible for the prompt gamma-ray emission in GRBs, and consider the relation between these two components, taking into account the high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dafne Guetta , Jonathan Granot

We introduce a new model of gamma ray burst (GRB) that explains its observed prompt signals, namely, its primary quasi-thermal spectrum and high energy tail. This mechanism can be applied to either assumption of GRB progenitor: coalescence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Pisin Chen , Toshi Tajima , Yoshi Takahashi

One of the key open question in the study of jets in general, and jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in particular, is the magnetization of the outflow. Here we consider the photospheric emission of Poynting flux dominated outflows, when the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Bégué , A. Pe'er

The dominant radiation mechanism that produces the prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains a major open question. Spectral information alone has proven insufficient in elucidating its nature. Time-resolved linear polarization has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Ramandeep Gill , Jonathan Granot

The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is widely thought to be radiation from accelerated electrons, but an appreciably larger amount of energy could be carried by accelerated protons, particularly if GRBs are the sources of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Katsuaki Asano , Susumu Inoue , Peter Mészáros

A small fraction of GRBs with available data down to soft X-rays ($\sim0.5$ keV) have been shown to feature a spectral break in the low-energy part ($\sim1-10$ keV) of their prompt emission spectrum. The overall spectral shape is consistent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 Ioulia Florou , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 080916C shows that its spectrum is consistent with the Band function from MeV to tens of GeV. Assuming one single emission mechanism dominates in the whole energy range, we show…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Xiang-Yu Wang , Zhuo Li , Zi-Gao Dai , Peter Meszaros

Knowledge of the bulk Lorentz factor $\Gamma_{0}$ of GRBs allows us to compute their comoving frame properties shedding light on their physics. Upon collisions with the circumburst matter, the fireball of a GRB starts to decelerate,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 G. Ghirlanda , F. Nappo , G. Ghisellini , A. Melandri , G. Marcarini , L. Nava , O. S. Salafia , S. Campana , R. Salvaterra

The prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts is believed to be produced by internal shocks within a relativistic unsteady outflow. The recent detection of prompt optical emission accompanying the prompt gamma-ray emission appears to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhuo Li , Eli Waxman

In this work we numerically calculate the thermal radiation efficiency of the baryonic outflow. The possible outflow acceleration in the transparent stage, which lowers thermal radiation efficiency, has been taken into account. In the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 Yi-Zhong Fan

The photospheric emission in the prompt phase is the natural prediction of the original fireball model for gamma-ray burst (GRB) due to the large optical depth ($\tau >1$) at the base of the outflow, which is supported by the quasi-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-02 Yan-Zhi Meng , Jin-Jun Geng , Xue-Feng Wu