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The Spectral Sharpness Angle of Gamma-ray Bursts KCI 등재 SCOPUS

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한국우주과학회 (The Korean Space Science Society)
초록

We extend the results of Yu et al. (2015b) of the novel sharpness angle measurement to a large number of spectra obtained from the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor. The sharpness angle is compared to the values obtained from various representative emission models: blackbody, single-electron synchrotron, synchrotron emission from a Maxwellian or power-law electron distribution. It is found that more than 91% of the high temporally and spectrally resolved spectra are inconsistent with any kind of optically thin synchrotron emission model alone. It is also found that the limiting case, a single temperature Maxwellian synchrotron function, can only contribute up to 58+23 -18% of the peak flux. These results show that even the sharpest but non-realistic case, the single-electron synchrotron function, cannot explain a large fraction of the observed spectra. Since any combination of physically possible synchrotron spectra added together will always further broaden the spectrum, emission mechanisms other than optically thin synchrotron radiation are likely required in a full explanation of the spectral peaks or breaks of the GRB prompt emission phase.

목차
1. INTRODUCTION
 2. SHARPNESS ANGLE DEFINITION
 3. RESULTS
 4. DISCUSSIONS
 5. CONCLUSIONS
 REFERENCES
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
저자
  • Hoi-Fung Yu(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Bayern 85748, Germany, Excellence Cluster Universe, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Bayern 80333, Germany)
  • Hendrik J. van Eerten(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Bayern 85748, Germany)
  • Jochen Greiner(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Bayern 85748, Germany, Excellence Cluster Universe, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Bayern 80333, Germany)
  • Re’em Sari(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
  • P. Narayana Bhat(Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA)
  • Andreas von Kienlin(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Bayern 85748, Germany)
  • William S. Paciesas(Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA)
  • Robert D. Preece(Space Science Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35809, USA)