Efficient electron heating in relativistic shocks and gamma ray burst afterglow

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2007-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3097v2

Phys.Rev.E77:026403,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026403

Electrons in shocks are efficiently energized due to the cross-shock potential, which develops because of differential deflection of electrons and ions by the magnetic field in the shock front. The electron energization is necessarily accompanied by scattering and thermalization. The mechanism is efficient in both magnetized and non-magnetized relativistic electron-ion shocks. It is proposed that the synchrotron emission from the heated electrons in a layer of strongly enhanced magnetic field is responsible for gamma ray burst afterglows.

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