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利用伽马射线暴瞬发辐射探测扩散激波加速

Probes of Diffusive Shock Acceleration using Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission

Matthew G. Baring

摘要:

伽马射线暴(GRB)的主要范例表明,瞬变伽玛射线信号来自相对论膨胀内部的多次冲击。本文探讨了伽玛暴瞬发辐射谱如何约束伽玛暴模型中相对论激波下电子(或离子)的加速特性。在加速人口的可能的高能量幂律指数的阵列突出显示,专注于如何超过1兆电子伏的光谱可以探测在伽玛射线暴内部冲击场的一致性,和在其周围的磁流体湍流的字符。当包含兆电子伏波段的光谱中断,适合BATSE/EGRET突发数据表明,占优势的电子负责的即时发射驻留在一个固有的非热人口。这与加速模拟中产生的典型种群明显不同;提到了这种冲突的潜在解决方案,如自吸收的作用。光谱模型还表明,同步加速器机制是有利于同步加速器自康普顿的情况下,由于后者的典型的宽曲率附近的峰值。费米伽马射线空间望远镜对爆发的宽带光谱覆盖将加强这种诊断; GBM将提供关于非热粒子群的较低能量部分的关键信息,而LAT将限制粒子加速的幂律制度。

英文摘要:

The principal paradigm for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) suggests that the prompt transient gamma-ray signal arises from multiple shocks internal to the relativistic expansion. This paper explores how GRB prompt emission spectra can constrain electron (or ion) acceleration properties at the relativistic shocks that pertain to GRB models. The array of possible high-energy power-law indices in accelerated populations is highlighted, focusing on how spectra above 1 MeV can probe the field obliquity in GRB internal shocks, and the character of hydromagnetic turbulence in their environs. When encompassing the MeV-band spectral break, fits to BATSE/EGRET burst data indicate that the preponderance of electrons responsible for the prompt emission reside in an intrinsically non-thermal population. This differs markedly from typical populations generated in acceleration simulations; potential resolutions of this conflict such as the action of self-absorption are mentioned. Spectral modeling also suggests that the synchrotron mechanism is favored over synchrotron self-Compton scenarios due to the latter's typically broad curvature near the peak. Such diagnostics will be enhanced by the broadband spectral coverage of bursts by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope; the GBM will provide key information on the lower energy portions of the non-thermal particle population, while the LAT will constrain the power-law regime of particle acceleration.

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