Physical model of gamma-ray burst spectral evolution

被引:56
作者
Liang, E [1 ]
Kusunose, M [1 ]
Smith, IA [1 ]
Crider, A [1 ]
机构
[1] KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIV,NISHINOMIYA,HYOGO 662,JAPAN
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
gamma rays; bursts;
D O I
10.1086/310568
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We propose a physical model of gamma-ray burst spectral evolution in which impulsively accelerated nonthermal leptons cool by saturated Compton upscattering of soft photons. This model naturally explains the recently discovered exponential decay of the spectral break energy with photon fluence, the hard-to-soft spectral evolution patterns, and other spectral and temporal properties of gamma-ray bursts.
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页码:L35 / L38
页数:4
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