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The origin of prompt emission in $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) is highly debated topic. The observed spectra are supposed to play a crucial role in constraining the location of the emitting region, the strength of the magnetic field and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-26 Gor Oganesyan

We discuss the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts in different spectral energy bands. First, we suggest that a three-part synchrotron emission model is a good description of the ~20 keV - 1 MeV gamma-ray emission of GRBs. We show that this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning

We investigate synchrotron emission models as the source of gamma-ray burst spectra. We show that including the possibility for synchrotron self-absorption, a ``smooth cutoff'' to the electron energy distribution, and an anisotropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-06 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Vahe' Petrosian

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

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

This work is a continuation of a previous effort (Panaitescu 2019) to study the cooling of relativistic electrons through radiation (synchrotron and self-Compton) emission and adiabatic losses, with application to the spectra and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 A. D. Panaitescu , W. T. Vestrand

We propose a model for the spectral formation of Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) prompt emission, where the phenomenological Band's function is usually applied to describe the GRB prompt emission. We suggest that the GRB prompt emission is mainly a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Lev Titarchuk , Ruben Farinelli , Filippo Frontera , Lorenzo Amati

Synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) process in the reverse shocks of gamma-ray bursts is suggested to be responsible for the observed prompt high-energy gamma-ray emissions from several gamma-ray bursts. We find that the SSC emission from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 X. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai , T. Lu

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

We performed a time-resolved spectral analysis of 53 bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by \textit{Fermi}/GBM. Our sample consists of 908 individual spectra extracted from the finest time slices in each GRB. We fitted them with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Dao-Zhou Wang , Xiao-Hong Zhao , Zhao Zhang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Zhao-Yang Peng

We discuss the new surprising observational results that indicate quite convincingly that the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is due to synchrotron radiation produced by a particle distribution that has a low energy cut-off. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , G. Oganesyan , S. Ascenzi , L. Nava , A. Celotti , O. S. Salafia , E. M. Ravasio , M. Ronchi

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 investigate the dynamics and radiation from a relativistic blast-wave which decelerates as it sweeps up ambient matter. The bulk kinetic energy of the blast-wave shell is converted into internal energy by the process of accreting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. Chiang , C. D. Dermer

Bright sources of high energy electromagnetic radiation are widely employed in fundamental research as well as in industry and medicine. This steadily growing interest motivated the construction of several facilities aiming at the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-07-31 Alberto Benedetti , Matteo Tamburini , Christoph H. Keitel

The prompt emission of most gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) typically exhibits a non-thermal Band component. The synchrotron radiation in the popular internal shock model is generally put forward to explain such a non-thermal component. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-17 Kai Wang , Zi-Gao Dai

(abridged)Prompt GRB emission is often interpreted as synchrotron radiation from high-energy electrons accelerated in internal shocks. Fast synchrotron cooling predicts that the photon index below the spectral peak is alpha=-3/2. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Daigne , Z. Bosnjak , Guillaume Dubus

The modelling of gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra has considerable potential for increasing the understanding of these enigmatic sources. A diversity of ideas and analyses has been generated over the last two decades to explain line features…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. G. Baring

Synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) scattering is an important emission mechanism in many astronomical sources, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We give a complete presentation of the analytical approximations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 He Gao , Wei-Hua Lei , Xue-Feng Wu , Bing Zhang

In energetic nonthermal sources such as gamma-ray bursts, AGN or galactic jet sources, etc., one expects both relativistic and transrelativistic shocks acompanied by violent motions of moderately relativistic plasma. We present general…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 A. Bykov , P. Meszaros