Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-11-08
Astrophys.SpaceSci.309:157-161,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
talk at "The multimessenger approach to unidentified gamma-ray sources" (Barcelona, Spain, July 2006); accepted for publicatio
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10509-007-9421-z
We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons cool rapidly (either through synchrotron or any other radiation mechanism). It is shown that the theory of synchrotron emission in the fast cooling regime can account for a wide range of spectral shapes. In particular, the magnetic field, which decays behind the shock front, brings enough flexibility to the theory to explain the majority of gamma-ray burst spectra even in the parameter-free fast cooling regime. Also, we discuss whether location of the peak in observed spectral energy distributions of gamma-ray bursts and active galactic nuclei can be made consistent with predictions of diffusive shock acceleration theory, and find that the answer is negative. This result is a strong indication that a particle injection mechanism, other than the standard shock acceleration, works in relativistic shocks.
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