GRBs from unstable Poynting dominated outflows

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Oct 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aipc..586..626l&link_type=abstract

RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS: 20th Texas Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 586, pp. 626-628 (2001).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Radiative Transfer, Scattering, Neutron Stars, Magnetohydrodynamics And Plasmas, Radiation Mechanisms, Polarization, Magnetic And Electric Fields, Polarization Of Starlight

Scientific paper

Poynting flux driven outflows from magnetized rotators are a plausible explanation for gamma-ray burst engines. We suggest a new possibility for how such outflows might transfer energy into radiating particles. We argue that in region near the rotation axis the Poynting flux drives non-linearly unstable large amplitude electromagnetic waves (LAEMW) which ``break'' at radii rt~1014 cm where the MHD approximation becomes inapplicable. In the ``foaming'' (relativistically reconnecting) regions formed during the wave breaks the random electric fields stochastically accelerate particles to ultrarelativistic energies which then radiate in turbulent electromagnetic fields. The typical energy of the emitted photons is a fraction of the fundamental Compton energy ɛ~fℏc/re with f~10-3 plus additional boosting due to the bulk motion of the medium. The emission properties are similar to synchrotron radiation, with a typical cooling time ~10-3 sec. During the wave break, the plasma is also bulk accelerated in the outward radial direction and at larger radii can produce afterglows due to the interactions with external medium. The near equipartition fields required by afterglow models maybe due to magnetic field regeneration in the outflowing plasma (similarly to the field generation by LAEMW of laser-plasma interactions) and mixing with the upstream plasma. .

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