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Scientific paper
May 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aipc..428..752b&link_type=abstract
Fourth Huntsville gamma-ray burst symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 428, pp. 752-755 (1998).
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Radiation Mechanisms, Polarization, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts
Scientific paper
The absence of a cooling synchrotron spectrum places constraints on the physics of the gamma-ray burst emission region. Several theories posit that unattenuated synchrotron emission produces the observed gamma-ray burst spectrum. The characteristic shape of the spectrum is therefore determined by the underlying electron distribution. To produce spectra as hard as those observed, the electrons must be accelerated as they radiate; otherwise, the radiative cooling rate produces a characteristic electron distribution that radiates a softer synchrotron spectrum than is observed. This limits the amount of energy that can be carried by the electrons, which limits the physics of the emission region.
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