Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-02-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
4 pages, 3 figures, ApJ Letter accepted
Scientific paper
Despite the great variation in the light curves of Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) prompt emission, their spectral energy distribution is generally curved and broadly peaked. In particular, their spectral evolution is well described by the hardness-intensity correlation during a single pulse decay phase, when the SED peak height S_p decreases as its peak energy E_p decreases. We propose an acceleration scenario, based on electrostatic acceleration, to interpret the E_p distribution peak at ~ 0.25 MeV. We show that during the decay phase of individual pulses in the long GRB light curve, the adiabatic expansion losses likely dominate the synchrotron cooling effects. The energy loss as due to adiabatic expansion can also be used to describe the spectral evolution observed during their decay phase. The spectral evolution predicted by our scenario is consistent with that observed in single pulses of long BATSE GRBs.
Grindlay Jonathon E.
Massaro Francesco
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