Gamma-ray burst without baryonic and magnetic load?

DOI10.1143/PTP.126.555zbMATH Open1243.85010arXiv1103.5746OpenAlexW3098222072WikidataQ59841642 ScholiaQ59841642MaRDI QIDQ2889952FDOQ2889952

Authors: Kunihito Ioka, Yutaka Ohira, Norita Kawanaka, Akira Mizuta 

Publication date: 8 June 2012

Published in: Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that, contrary to common belief, internal shocks can arise in an accelerating radiation-dominated jet if it is confined even weakly to a converging opening angle because the acceleration declines. The radiation-dominated internal shock (RDIS) enables a very efficient yet highly nonthermal emission by Fermi-like photon acceleration, keeping the electron-positron ($e^{pm}$) pair photosphere and inertia up to a high Lorentz factor >1000. In gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a weak confinement would persist beyond the progenitor star or surrounding matter because of the fast cocoon accompanying the breakout jet. The simplest model predicts few high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos, and a correlation between the early afterglow and the GeV-TeV prompt emission. The central engine allows a less fine-tuned baryon load than previously thought, even including pure-leptonic unmagnetized outflows.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.5746

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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