Detectability of Pair Echos from Gamma-Ray Bursts and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields

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2008-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/0806.2825v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/593118

High-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can give rise to pair echos, i.e. delayed inverse Compton emission from secondary $e^{\pm}$ pairs produced in $\gamma-\gamma$ interactions with intergalactic background radiation. We investigate the detectability of such emission with modern-day gamma-ray telescopes. The spectra and light curves are calculated for a wide range of parameters, applying the formalism recently developed by Ichiki et al. The flux depends strongly on the unknown magnitude and coherence length of intergalactic magnetic fields, and we delineate the range of field strength and redshift that allow detectable echos. Relevant uncertainties such as the high-energy cutoff of the primary gamma-ray spectrum and the intensity of the cosmic infrared background are addressed. GLAST and MAGIC may be able to detect pair echo emission from GRBs with redshift $\lesssim 1$ if the primary spectra extend to $\sim 10 ~ {\rm TeV}$.

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