Maximum synchrotron frequency for shock-accelerated particles

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作者
Kumar, P. [1 ]
Hernandez, R. A. [2 ]
Bosnjak, Z. [3 ]
Duran, R. Barniol [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Astron, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Univ Paris Diderot, AIM, Irfu Serv Astrophys, UMR 7158,CEA,DSM,CNRS, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[4] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal; methods: analytical; gamma-ray burst: general; GAMMA-RAY BURST; HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION; MAGNETIC-FIELDS; FERMI OBSERVATIONS; COSMIC-RAYS; GRB; 090510; AFTERGLOW; COMPONENT; PARAMETERS; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01341.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
It is widely believed that the maximum energy of synchrotron photons when electrons are accelerated in shocks via the Fermi process is about 50 MeV (in plasma comoving frame). We show that under certain conditions, which are expected to be realized in relativistic shocks of gamma-ray bursts, synchrotron photons of energy much larger than 50 MeV (comoving frame) can be produced. The requirement is that magnetic field should decay downstream of the shock front on a length-scale that is small compared with the distance travelled by the highest energy electrons before they lose half their energy; photons of energy much larger than 50 MeV are produced close to the shock front, whereas the highest Lorentz factor that electrons can attain is controlled by the much weaker field that occupies most of the volume of the shocked plasma.
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页码:L40 / L44
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