Physics
Scientific paper
May 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986natur.321...47s&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 321, May 1, 1986, p. 47-49.
Physics
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Astronomical Models, Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Acceleration, Gamma Ray Bursts, Neutron Stars, Stellar Flares, Annihilation Reactions, Continuous Spectra, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Optical Thickness, Stellar Physics, Synchrotron Radiation
Scientific paper
An analytical model is developed for the source of gamma ray bursts as a stellar flare in the magnetosphere of a neutron star. It is suggested that the loss of energy through synchrotron radiation experienced by electrons moving through a sufficiently strong magnetic field at a large pitch angle may not be regained. Instead, pulsar theory is applied to show that the acceleration of electrons in an electric field parallel to the magnetic field will rapidly be inhibited by curvature radiation as the loop experiences a reconnection. It is shown that electrons passing through a curvature with a radius of one million with an electric field strength of 10 billion e.s.u. will emit photons with energies of up to 10 to the 12.6 eV by curvature radiation. The photons, gamma rays, would annihilate in the magnetosphere, which they cannot escape. The resulting cascade of electron-positron particles would eventually produce photons of sufficiently low energy to escape. Upper and low bounds are estimated for the resulting emission spectrum, which would vary according to the magnetic field geometry. The model explains the observed 511 keV annihilation line and the optical radiation which at times accompanies gamma-ray bursts.
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