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The characteristics of the spectral evolution of the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are closely related to the radiation mechanism (synchrotron or photosphere), are still an unsolved subject. Here, by performing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-12 Liang Li , Jin-Jun Geng , Yan-Zhi Meng , Xue-Feng Wu , Yong-Feng Huang , Yu Wang , Rahim Moradi , Z. Lucas Uhm , Bing Zhang

The internal/external synchrotron shock scenario has proved very successful in interpreting the key observations about gamma ray bursts. There still remains, however, some big uncertainties. The hottest issue concerns the nature of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Ghisellini

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

(Abr) The origin and structure of magnetic fields in Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) fireball plasmas are two of the most important open questions in all GRB models. We show that the structure and strength of the magnetic field may be constrained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Amir Sagiv , Eli Waxman , Abraham Loeb

The time-integrated polarization degree (PD) at prompt optical band of gamma-ray burst (GRB) was predicted to be less than $20\%$, while the time-resolved one can reach as high as $75\%$ in photosphere model. Polarizations in optical band…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-13 Jia-Sheng Li , Mi-Xiang Lan , Hao-Bing Wang

We argue that small pitch angle synchrotron emission provides an important dissipation mechanism which has to be taken into account in the models of formation of relativistic magnetized gamma-ray burst (GRB) outflows from the newborn black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-08-12 A. Neronov , V. Savchenko

We propose a gamma-ray burst scenario involving relativistic jets dominated by Poynting flux with alternating toroidal magnetic fields. Such a structure may arise naturally if the jet is formed and powered by the accretion flow in the core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Sikora , M. C. Begelman , P. Coppi , D. Proga

The mechanism responsible for the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is still a debated issue. The prompt phase-related GRB correlations can allow to discriminate among the most plausible theoretical models explaining this emission.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-01 Maria Dainotti , Roberta Del Vecchio , Mariusz Tarnopolski

The principal paradigm for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) suggests that the prompt transient gamma-ray signal arises from multiple shocks internal to the relativistic expansion. This paper explores how GRB prompt emission spectra can constrain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-25 Matthew G. Baring

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 origins of the magnetic fields that power gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow emission are not fully understood. One possible channel for generating these fields involves the pre-conditioning of the circumburst medium: in the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-13 Ryan Golant , Arno Vanthieghem , Daniel Groselj , Lorenzo Sironi

The principal paradigm for the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts invokes diffusive acceleration at shocks internal to the dynamic ultrarelativistic outflow. This paper explores expectations for burst emission spectra arising from shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew G. Baring , Matthew L. Braby

The nature of the prompt gamma-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is still far from being completely elucidated. The measure of linear polarization is a powerful tool that can be used to put further constraints on the content and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 D. Gotz , P. Laurent , S. Antier , S. Covino , P. D'Avanzo , V. D'Elia , A. Melandri

The polarimetric measurement on the prompt phase of GRB 100826A shows that the polarization angle changes $\sim 90^{\circ}$ between two adjacent time intervals. We will show that this phenomenon can be naturally interpreted in the framework…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-07 Zhe Chang , Hai-Nan Lin

Radiation from GRBs in the prompt phase, flares and an afterglow is thought to be produced by accelerated electrons in magnetic fields. Such emission may be produced at collisionless shocks of baryonic outflows or at reconnection sites (at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-25 Mikhail V. Medvedev

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

The time dependent synchrotron emission from relativistic jets, and the relation between the synchrotron and ERC emission is considered within the framework of the radiative front model. The timescale and profile of the optically thin…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Amir Levinson

Linear polarization at the level of $\sim 1-3%$ has by now been measured in several gamma-ray burst afterglows. Whereas the degree of polarization, $P$, was found to vary in some sources, the position angle, $\theta_p$, was roughly constant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jonathan Granot , Arieh Konigl

Recent observations of coherent radiation from the Crab pulsar (Bij et al 2021) suggest the emission is driven by an ultra - relativistic ($\gamma \sim 10^4$), cold plasma flow. A relativistically expanding plasma shell can compress the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-03 Almog Yalinewich , Ue-Li Pen

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…