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We discuss the implications of Fermi/LAT observations on several aspects of gamma-ray burst (GRB) physics, including the radiation process, the emission sites, the bulk Lorentz factor, and the pre-shock magnetic field: (1) MeV-range…

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We reexamine the general synchrotron model for GRBs' prompt emission and determine the regime in the parameter phase space in which it is viable. We characterize a typical GRB pulse in terms of its peak energy, peak flux and duration and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Paz Beniamini , Tsvi Piran

We describe our attempt to determine if gamma-ray burst (GRB) and afterglow emissions could both arise in external shocks for simple GRBs--bursts consisting of just a few peaks in their lightcurves. We calculate peak flux and peak frequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 E. McMahon , P. Kumar , A. Panaitescu

We discuss here constraints on the particle acceleration models from the observed gamma-ray bursts spectra. The standard synchrotron shock model assumes that some fraction of available energy is given instantaneously to the electrons which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Juri Poutanen , Boris E. Stern

The TeV emission detected in just five gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is generally ascribed to the synchrotron emission or the synchrotron self-Compton process in the external forward shock. The brightest gamma-ray burst, GRB 221009A, with an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-08 Zhi-Lin Chen , Da-Bin Lin , Guo-Yu Li , En-Wei Liang

The prompt optical emission that arrives with gamma-rays from a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a signature of the engine powering the burst, the properties of the ultra-relativistic ejecta of the explosion, and the ejecta's interactions…

It is shown that an ultrarelativistic shock with the Lorentz factor of order of tens or higher propagating in a moderately dense interstellar medium (density above $\sim 1000 $ cm$^{-3}$) undergoes a fast dramatic transformation into a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Boris E. Stern

The emission mechanism of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is still a matter of debates. The standard synchrotron energy spectrum of cooling electrons F_E ~ E^{-1/2} is much too soft to account for the majority of the observed spectral slopes.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Boris E. Stern , Juri Poutanen

Previous studies have considered synchrotron as the emission mechanism for prompt Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). These works have shown that the electrons must cool on a timescale comparable to the dynamic time at the source in order to satisfy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Paz Beniamini , Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Dimitrios Giannios

According to the internal-external shocks model for $\gamma $-ray bursts (GRBs), the GRB is produced by internal shocks within a relativistic flow while the afterglow is produced by external shocks with the ISM. We explore the early…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Re'em Sari , Tsvi Piran

The physical processes of the gamma-ray emission and particle acceleration during the prompt phase in GRBs are still unsettled. In order to perform an unambiguous physical modelling of observations, a clear identification of the emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 Felix Ryde , Shabnam Iyyani , Björn Ahlgren , Asaf Peer , Vidushi Sharma , Christoffer Lundman , Magnus Axelsson

It has been suggested that the prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts consists of several components giving rise to the observed spectral shape. Here we examine a sample of the 8 brightest, single pulsed {\it Fermi} bursts whose spectra are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 S. Iyyani , F. Ryde , J. M. Burgess , A. Pe'er , D. B\' egué

The energy dissipation mechanism within Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) outflows, driving their extremely luminous prompt $\gamma$-ray emission is still uncertain. The leading candidates are internal shocks and magnetic reconnection. While the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-13 Paz Beniamini , Jonathan Granot

We intend to determine the type of circumburst medium and measure directly the initial Lorentz factor $\Gamma_0$ of GRB outflows. If the early X-ray afterglow lightcurve has a peak and the whole profile across the peak is consistent with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Rongrong Xue , Yizhong Fan , Daming Wei

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most electromagnetically luminous cosmic explosions. They are powered by collimated streams of plasma (jets) ejected by a newborn stellar-mass black hole or neutron star at relativistic velocities (near the…

Within the internal shock scenario we consider different mechanisms of high energy ($>1$ MeV) photon production inside a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) fireball and derive the expected high energy photon spectra from individual GRBs during the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Nayantara Gupta , Bing Zhang

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

We investigate whether the high energy tail detected by the Fermi/LAT for the short GRB 081024B can be caused by synchrotron and self-Compton emission in the context of either the internal or external shock models. For the internal shock…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Alessandra Corsi , Dafne Guetta , Luigi Piro

Strong optical and radio flares often appear in the afterglow phase of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). It has been proposed that colliding ultra-relativistic shells can produce these flares. Such consecutive shells can be formed due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-16 A. Vlasis , H. van Eerten , Z. Meliani , R. Keppens

The Fermi satellite has been reporting the detailed temporal properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in an extremely broad spectral range, 8 keV - 300 GeV, in particular, the unexpected delays of the GeV emission onsets behind the MeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-18 Kenji Toma , Xue-Feng Wu , Peter Meszaros