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Shocks and turbulence generated during large-scale structure formation are predicted to produce large-scale, low surface-brightness synchrotron emission. On the largest scales, this emission is globally correlated with the thermal baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Shea Brown

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

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

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), with a typical duration of 1 ms and 1 Jy flux density at GHz frequencies, have brightness temperatures exceeding 1e33 K, requiring a coherent emission process. This can be achieved by bunching particles in volumes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 Gabriele Ghisellini

Relativistic shock models of gamma-ray bursts may be tested by comparison of their predicted low energy asymptotic spectral indices s to observations. Synchrotron radiation theory predicts that the instantaneous spectrum has s = - 1/3 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Cohen , J. I. Katz , T. Piran , R. Sari , R. D. Preece , D. L. Band

Growing evidence indicates that the synchrotron radiation mechanism may be responsible for the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In the synchrotron radiation scenario, the electron energy spectrum of the prompt emission is diverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Kuan Liu , Da-Bin Lin , Jing Li , Yu-Fei Li , Rui-Jing Lu , En-Wei Liang

The new results of the evolution of the synchrotron peak for Mrk 421 are mostly likely related to the particle acceleration process. In order to account for the above results, we present a model of blazar variability during the flare in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jiancheng Wang , Jirong Mao

We summarize recent observations and modeling of the brightest Sgr A* flare to be observed simultaneously in (near)-infrared and X-rays to date. Trying to explain the spectral characteristics of this flare through inverse Compton mechanisms…

Blazars exhibit flares with a doubling time scale on the order of minutes. Such rapid flares are theoretically challenging and several {models} have been put forward to explain the fast variability. In this paper we continue the discussion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Zacharias

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

A small fraction of GRBs with available data down to soft X-rays ($\sim0.5$ keV) have been shown to feature a spectral break in the low-energy part ($\sim1-10$ keV) of their prompt emission spectrum. The overall spectral shape is consistent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 Ioulia Florou , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

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

The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts probably comes from a highly relativistic wind which converts part of its kinetic energy into radiation via the formation of shocks within the wind itself. Such "internal shocks" can occur if the wind…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Frederic Daigne , Robert Mochkovitch

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

Information on the spectral shape of prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRB) is mostly available only at energies $\gtrsim10$ keV, where the main instruments for GRB detection are sensitive. The origin of this emission is still very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Gor Oganesyan , Lara Nava , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Andrea Melandri , Annalisa Celotti

GRB afterglow is reasonably described by synchrotron emission from relativistic blast waves at cosmological distances. We perform detailed calculations taking into account the effect of synchrotron self absorption. We consider emission from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jonathan Granot , Tsvi Piran , Re'em Sari

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

The occurrence of the inverse Compton catastrophe when the synchrotron brightness temperature exceeds a threshold value, usually estimated to be 10^{12} K, appears to be in contradiction with observation because: (i) the threshold is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Olivia Tsang , J. G. Kirk

The synchrotron shock model (SSM) for gamma-ray burst emission makes a testable prediction: that the observed low-energy power-law photon number spectral index cannot exceed -2/3 (where the photon model is defined with a positive index:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. D. Preece , M. S. Briggs , R. S. Mallozzi , G. N. Pendleton , W. S. Paciesas , D. L. Band

An internal shock model is proposed to interpret the radio to infrared (IR) emission of the compact jets observed in the hard spectral state of X-ray binaries. Assuming that the specific bulk Lorentz factor of the jet at its base varies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Julien Malzac