Efficient acceleration and radiation in Poynting flux powered GRB outflows

Details Efficient acceleration and radiation in Poynting flux powered GRB outflows Efficient acceleration and radiation in Poynting flux powered GRB outflows

2002-02-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0202387v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 5 figures, accepted by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20020839

We investigate the effects of magnetic energy release by local magnetic dissipation processes in Poynting flux-powered GRBs. For typical GRB parameters (energy and baryon loading) the dissipation takes place mainly outside the photosphere, producing non-thermal radiation. This process converts the total burst energy into prompt radiation at an efficiency of 10-50%. At the same time the dissipation has the effect of accelerating the flow to a large Lorentz factor. For higher baryon loading, the dissipation takes place mostly inside the photosphere, the efficiency of conversion of magnetic energy into radiation is lower, and an X-ray flash results instead of a GRB. We demonstrate these effects with numerical one-dimensional steady relativistic MHD calculations.

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