Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1993-01-14
Astrophys.J. 415 (1993) 181-190
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages
Scientific paper
10.1086/173154
We calculate both analytically and numerically the evolution of a highly relativistic fireball through the stages of free expansion and coasting, and determine the dependence of the thermodynamic and radiation variables in the comoving and laboratory frames. Magnetic fields may have been important in the original impulsive event. We discuss their effect on the fireball dynamics, and consider also their effects on the radiation emitted when the fireball runs into an external medium and is decelerated. The inverse synchro-Compton mechanism can then yield high radiative efficiency in the reverse shock, producing a burst of non-thermal radiation mainly in the MeV to GeV range whose total energy and duration agree with those of typical cosmic gamma ray bursts.
Laguna Pablo
Meszaros Peter
Rees Martin J.
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