Mastichiadis 2009 The Supercritical Pile GRB Model从暴本身阶段到余辉

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Title:
The Supercritical Pile GRB Model: The Prompt to Afterglow Evolution
Authors:
Mastichiadis, A.; Kazanas, D.
Publication:
eprint arXiv:0902.1482
Publication Date:
02/2009
Origin:
ARXIV
Keywords:
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Comment:
11 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
Bibliographic Code:
2009arXiv0902.1482M
AbstractThe "Supercritical Pile" is a very economical GRB model that provides for the efficient conversion of the energy stored in the protons of a Relativistic Blast Wave (RBW) into radiation and at the same time produces - in the prompt GRB phase, even in the absence of any particle acceleration - a spectral peak at energy $\sim 1$ MeV. We extend this model to include the evolution of the RBW Lorentz factor $\Gamma$ and thus follow its spectral and temporal features into the early GRB afterglow stage. One of the novel features of the present treatment is the inclusion of the feedback of the GRB produced radiation on the evolution of $\Gamma$ with radius. This feedback and the presence of kinematic and dynamic thresholds in the model are sources of potentially very rich time evolution which we have began to explore. In particular, one can this way obtain afterglow light curves with steep decays followed by the more conventional flatter afterglow slopes, while at the same time preserving the desirable features of the model, i.e. the well defined relativistic electron source and radiative processes that produce the proper peak in the $\nu F_{\nu}$ spectra. In this note we present the results of a specific set of parameters of this model with emphasis on the multiwavelength prompt emission and transition to the early afterglow.
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