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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

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

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

The observational diversity of optical emission, which coincides with prompt gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), has been discovered in the recent Swift era. We show that on the assumption of the synchrotron radiation for the observed energy range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hirotsugu Doi , Kentaro Takami , Ryo Yamazaki

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

Statistical studies of gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra may result in important information on the physics of GRBs. The Fermi GBM catalog contains GRB parameters (peak energy, spectral indices, intensity) estimated fitting the gamma-ray SED of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-29 Istvan I. Racz , Lajos G. Balázs , Istvan Horvath , L. Viktor Toth , Zsolt Bagoly

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

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

We present detailed calculations of nonthermal synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) spectra radiated by blast waves that are energized by interactions with a uniform surrounding medium. Radio, optical, X-ray and gamma-ray light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 Charles D. Dermer , James Chiang , Kurt E. Mitman

Synchrotron radiation from the reverse- and forward-shock regions typically describes the evolution of temporal and spectral features given by the closure relations (CRs) during the late and long-/short-lasting emission in the afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-30 Nissim Fraija , B. Betancourt Kamenetskaia , Antonio Galván Gámez , Maria G. Dainotti , Hermes León Vargas

Aims: Drawing an analogy with Active Galactic Nuclei, we investigate the one-zone SSC model of Gamma Ray Bursts afterglows in the presence of electron injection and cooling both by synchrotron and SSC losses. Methods: We solve the spatially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 M. Petropoulou , A. Mastichiadis

Many gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have been observed with the Burst-Alert and X-Ray telescopes of the Swift satellite. The successive `pulses' of these GRBs end with a fast decline and a fast spectral softening, until they are overtaken by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar , A. De Rujula

The emission mechanism during the prompt phase in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be investigated through correlations between spectral properties. Here, we revisit the correlation relating the instantaneous flux, $F$, and the photon index…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 Felix Ryde , Hoi-Fung Yu , Hüsne Dereli-Bégué , Christoffer Lundman , Asaf Pe'er , Liang Li

Detection of prompt emission by Swift-XRT provides a unique tool to study how the prompt spectrum of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) extends down to the soft X-ray band. This energy band is particularly important for prompt emission studies, since…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-05 Gor Oganesyan , Lara Nava , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Annalisa Celotti

High energy emission (> tens MeV) of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) provides an important clue to understand the physical processes involved in GRBs, which may be correlated with the GRB early afterglow. A shallow decline phase has been well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Da-Ming Wei , Yi-Zhong Fan

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

In the external shock model, gamma-ray burst (GRB) emissions are produced by the energization and deceleration of a thin relativistic blast wave due to its interactions with the circumburst medium (CBM). We study the physical properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles D. Dermer , Markus Boettcher , J. Chiang

We introduce a non-resonant acceleration mechanism arising from the second adiabatic invariant in magnetic turbulence and apply it to study the prompt emission spectra of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The mechanism contains both the first- and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Siyao Xu , Bing Zhang

The prompt emission mechanism of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is still unclear, and the time-resolved spectral analysis of GRBs is a powerful tool for studying their underlying physical processes. We performed a detailed time-resolved spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-29 Wan-Kai Wang , Wei Xie , Zhi-Fu Gao , Shuo Xiao , Ai-Jun Dong , Bin Zhang , Qi-Jun Zhi

There is no consensus on the emission mechanism of $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs). A synchrotron model can produce $\gamma$-ray spectra with the empirical Band function form, from a piece-wise two-power-law electron energy distribution (2EPLS).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-06 Bruce Grossan , Pawan Kumar , George F. Smoot