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Aims. With the accumulation of polarization data in the gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt phase, polarization models can be tested. Methods. We predicted the time-integrated polarizations of 37 GRBs with polarization observation. We used their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 R. Y. Guan , M. X. Lan

Time-resolved polarizations carry more physical information about the source of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) than the time-integrated ones. Therefore, they give more strict constrains on the models of GRB prompt phase. Both time-resolved and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Rui-Rui Wu , Qing-Wen Tang , Mi-Xiang Lan

In the former studies, the time evolution information is missed in deducing the time-integrated polarizations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission. Here, it is considered and the time-integrated polarizations is investigated through the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Li-Qiang Sui , Mi-Xiang Lan

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

Besides light curves and spectra, polarization provides a different powerful tool of studying the $\gamma-$ray burst (GRB) prompt phase. Compared with the time-integrated and energy-integrated polarization, time-resolved and energy-resolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-15 Mi-Xiang Lan , Zi-Gao Dai

Synchrotron emission polarization is very sensitive to the magnetic field configuration. Recently, polarization of synchrotron emission with a mixed (SM) magnetic field in Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow phase had been developed. Here, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-05 Mi-Xiang Lan , Xue-Feng Wu , Zi-Gao Dai

The rotations of the polarization angle (PA) with time (energy) can lead to the depolarization of the time-integrated (energy-integrated) polarization. However, we don't know how and when it will rotate. Here, we consider the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-30 Hao-Bing Wang , Mi-Xiang Lan

Simultaneous $\gamma$-ray measurements of gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra and polarization offer a unique way to determine the underlying emission mechanism(s) in these objects as well as probing the particle acceleration mechanism(s) that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Michael Burgess , M. Kole , F. Berlato , J. Greiner , G. Vianello , N. Produit , Z. H Li , J. C Sun

As the standard gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt-emission model, the internal shock (IS) model can reproduce the fast-rise and slow-decay features of the pulses in the GRB light curve. The time- and energy-dependent polarization can deliver…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Mi-Xiang Lan , Hao-Bing Wang , Siyao Xu , Siming Liu , Xue-Feng Wu

The dominant radiation mechanism that powers the prompt $\gamma$-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains poorly understood. High quality, time- and energy-resolved linear polarization measurements of prompt $\gamma$-ray photons can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-05 Ramandeep Gill , Jiang He , Jonathan Granot , Jian-Chao Sun , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Yuan-Hao Wang , Johannes Hulsman , Nicolas Produit , Shao-Lin Xiong

Despite being hard to measure, GRB prompt $\gamma$-ray emission polarization is a valuable probe of the dominant emission mechanism and the outflow's composition and angular structure. During the prompt emission the outflow is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Ramandeep Gill , Jonathan Granot , Pawan Kumar

To achieve confident non-zero polarization measurements for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) we need sensitive polarimeters and bright GRBs. Here we report on the polarimetric analysis of the bright GRB 180720B using the \Fermi Gamma-ray Burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-26 P. Veres , W. Duvall , A. Goldstein , M. S. Briggs , J. E. Grove

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

Synchrotron circular polarization of a non-thermal power-law electron distribution in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been studied. However, some numerical simulations have shown that the resulting distribution of electrons is a combination of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Kangfa Cheng , Jirong Mao , Xiaohong Zhao , Hongbang Liu , Zhegeng Chen , Gaojin Yu , Zhifu Chen

Polarization spectra had been predicted within the photosphere model. For the purpose of seeking more clues to distinguish between the models, both the time-resolved and time-integrated polarization spectra from optical band to MeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-07 Jia-Sheng Li , Mi-Xiang Lan

Although Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) have been detected for many decades, the lack of knowledge regarding the radiation mechanism that produces the energetic flash of radiation, or prompt emission, from these events has prevented the full use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati

In this paper, we explore time resolved Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) spectra in the context of the synchrotron emission model presented in Lloyd and Petrosian (2000; LP00). First, we show that our model - which involves three distinct emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Vahe' Petrosian

Synchrotron polarization of relativistic nonthermal electrons in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been widely studied. However, recent numerical simulations of relativistic shocks and magnetic reconnection have found that a more realistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-02 Kangfa Cheng , Jirong Mao , Xiaohong Zhao , Hongbang Liu , Merlin Kole , Nicolas Produit , Zhifu Chen

The polarization of the prompt $\gamma$-ray emission has been measured in four bright gamma ray bursts (GRBs). It was nearly maximal in all cases, as predicted by the Cannonball (CB) model of GRBs long before the observations. These results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar , A. De Rujula

A comprehensive understanding of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) has been elusive due to the variety of questions surrounding the radiation mechanism at play in these events. Polarization measurements of GRBs can heavily constrain the relevant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 Tyler Parsotan , Diego Lopez-Camara , Davide Lazzati
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