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Inverse Compton Model of Gamma Ray Burst Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

W. M. Howard  and
E. P. Liang
W. M. Howard
Affiliation:
Physics Department, LLNL University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550 U.S.A.
E. P. Liang
Affiliation:
Physics Department, LLNL University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550 U.S.A.

Abstract

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We study gamma ray spectra produced by the inverse Compton upscattering of soft photons by relativistic electrons with a one dimensional momentum distribution, which is relevant to gamma ray burst if the source magnetic field is strong enough so that the synchrotron cooling time of transverse energy becomes much shorter than isotropization time via couloub or Compton collisions. We find that for high electron longitudinal temperatures the output power is strongly beamed in the momentum direction and the spectrum softens rapidly with increasing view angle from the momentum direction.

Type
VI. Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and Their Place in Neutron Star Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 125: The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars , 1987 , pp. 547
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

1. Howard, W. M., Liang, E. P. and Canfield, E., Astrophys. J. submitted (1986).Google Scholar