Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aj....143..115l&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 143, Issue 5, article id. 115 (2012).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Gamma-Ray Burst: General, Supernovae: General
Scientific paper
Ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray heavy nuclei have recently been considered as originating from nearby low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts that are associated with Type Ibc supernovae. Unlike the power-law decay in long duration gamma-ray bursts, the light curve of these bursts exhibits complex UV/optical behavior: shock breakout dominated thermal radiation peaks at about 1 day, and, after that, nearly constant emission sustained by radioactive materials for tens of days. We show that the highly boosted heavy nuclei at PeV energy interacting with the UV/optical photon field will produce considerable TeV photons via the photodisintegration/photo-de-excitation process. It was later predicted that a thermal-like γ-ray spectrum peaks at about a few TeV, which may serve as evidence of nucleus acceleration. The future observations by the space telescope Fermi and by the ground atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes such as H.E.S.S., VERITAS, and MAGIC will shed light on this prediction.
Liu Xue-Wen
Lu Tan
Wu Xue-Feng
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