van Eerten, H. J. 2009 中等相对论余辉的数值模拟

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速度是Huang 1999的3/4.

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Title:		Gamma-ray burst afterglows from trans-relativistic blast wave simulations
Authors:		van Eerten, H. J.; Leventis, K.; Meliani, Z.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Keppens, R.
Publication:		eprint arXiv:0909.2446
Publication Date:		09/2009
Origin:		ARXIV
Keywords:		Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Comment:		18 pages, 19 figures
Bibliographic Code:		2009arXiv0909.2446V

Abstract

We present a study of the intermediate regime between ultra-relativistic and nonrelativistic flow for gamma-ray burst afterglows. The hydrodynamics of spherically symmetric blast waves is numerically calculated using the AMRVAC adaptive mesh refinement code. Spectra and light curves are calculated using a separate radiation code that, for the first time, links a parametrisation of the microphysics of shock acceleration, synchrotron self-absorption and electron cooling to a high-performance hydrodynamics simulation. For the dynamics we find that the transition to the nonrelativistic regime generally occurs later than expected, that the Sedov-Taylor solution overpredicts the late time blast wave radius and that the analytical formula for the blast wave velocity from Huang (1999) overpredicts the late time velocity by a factor 4/3. For the radiation we find that the flux may differ up to an order of magnitude depending on the equation of state that is used for the fluid and that the counterjet leads to a clear rebrightening at late times for hard-edged jets. Simulating GRB030329 using predictions for its physical parameters from the literature leads to spectra and light curves that may differ significantly from the actual data, emphasizing the need for very accurate modelling. Predicted light curves at low radio frequencies for a hard-edged jet model of GRB030329 with opening angle 22 degrees show typically two distinct peaks, due to the combined effect of jet break, non relativistic break and counterjet.

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