A Plasma Instability Theory for Gamma-ray Bursts

Details A Plasma Instability Theory for Gamma-ray Bursts A Plasma Instability Theory for Gamma-ray Bursts

Dec 1998

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Abstracts of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, held in Paris, France, Dec. 14-18, 1998. Eds.:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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A model is presented in which a relativistic shell passing through the interstellar medium and heats the interstellar medium to relativistic temperatures through the filamentation instability. The instability produces strong magnetic fields within the interstellar medium. Gamma-rays are produced through synchrotron self-Compton emission, and the optical and radio afterglow are created through synchrotron emission. Photon-photon pair production modifies the gamma-ray spectrum through both direct attenuation and Compton attenutation. We find that the plasma instability does not produce a shock during the gamma-ray emission phase of the gamma-ray burst.

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