Magnetically and baryonically dominated photospheric gamma-ray burst model fits to fermi-lat observations

Péter Veres, Bin Bin Zhang, Péter Mészáros

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Abstract

We consider gamma-ray burst models where the radiation is dominated by a photospheric region providing the MeV Band spectrum, and an external shock region responsible for the GeV radiation via inverse Compton scattering. We parameterize the initial dynamics through an acceleration law Γ∝r μ, with μ between 1/3 and 1 to represent the range between an extreme magnetically dominated and a baryonically dominated regime, depending also on the magnetic field configuration. We compare these models to several bright Fermi-LAT bursts, and show that both the time-integrated and the time-resolved spectra, where available, can be well described by these models. We discuss the parameters which result from these fits, and discuss the relative merits and shortcomings of the two models.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number94
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume764
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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