Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aipc.1358...63b&link_type=abstract
GAMMA RAY BURSTS 2010. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1358, pp. 63-66 (2011).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Gamma-Ray Sources (Astronomical), Spectral Analysis, Spectroscopy, Synchrotrons, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Luminosities, Magnitudes, Effective Temperatures, Colors, And Spectral Classification, Spectroscopy And Spectrophotometry, Synchrotrons
Scientific paper
The Synchrotron Shock Model (SSM) has been proposed as a possible prompt emission mechanism for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We examine the ability of this model to quantitatively explain the measured spectra of GRBs detected with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). Using a parameterized post-shock electron distribution (Baring 2004), we calculate the full synchrotron differential photon flux and convolve it with the response of the GBM detectors. With this model, we perform detailed time-resolved and time-integrated spectral analysis of GRB 090820A and examine the electron distributions inferred by the recovered fit parameters. These electron distributions are compared to those expected to be produced by the Fermi acceleration process.
Baring Matthew G.
Briggs Michael Stephen
Burgess Michael J.
Connaughton Valerie V.
Guiriec Sylvain
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