Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-04-07
Astrophys.J. 556 (2001) 1010-1016
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 4 EPS figures, Latex, accepted for publication in ApJ, scheduled for the v556 n2 Aug 1, 2001 issue
Scientific paper
10.1086/321608
We calculate the spectra of inverse Compton (IC) emissions in gamma-ray burst (GRB) shocks produced when relativistic ejecta encounters the external interstellar medium, assuming a broken power-law approximation to the synchrotron seed spectrum. Four IC processes, including the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) processes in GRB forward and reverse shocks, and two combined-IC processes (i.e. scattering of reverse shock photons on the electrons in forward shocks and forward shock photons on the electrons in reverse shocks), are considered. We find that the SSC emission from reverse shocks dominates over other emission processes in energy bands from tens of MeV to tens of GeV, for a wide range of shock parameters. This mechanism may be responsible for the prompt high energy gamma-rays detected by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET). At TeV energy bands, however, the combined-IC emissions and/or the SSC emission from the forward shocks become increasingly dominant for a moderately steep distribution of shocked electrons.
Dai Gao Z.
Lu Tan
Wang Xiang-Yu
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