Reply to Lyutikov's comments on Zhang & Kobayashi (2005)

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2005-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504425v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages

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Lyutikov (astro-ph/0503505) raised a valid point that for shock deceleration of a highly magnetized outflow, the fate of the magnetic fields after shock crossing should be considered. However, his comment that the deceleration radius should be defined by the total energy rather than by the baryonic kinetic energy is incorrect. As strictly derived from the shock jump conditions in Zhang & Kobayashi (2005), during the reverse shock crossing process the magnetic energy is not tapped. As a result, the fireball deceleration radius is defined by the baryonic energy only. The magnetic energy is expected to be transferred to the circumburst medium after the reverse shock disappears. The evolution of the system then mimicks a continuously-fed fireball. As a result, Lyutikov's naive conclusion that the forward shock dynamics is independent on the ejecta content is also incorrect. The shock deceleration dynamics and the reverse shock calculation presented in Zhang & Kobayashi (2005) are robust and correct.

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