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Synchrotron self-Compton in a radiative-adiabatic fireball scenario: modelling the multiwavelength observations in some Fermi/LAT bursts.

Authors :
Fraija, Nissim
Veres, P
Betancourt Kamenetskaia, B
Galvan-Gamez, A
Dainotti, M G
Dichiara, Simone
Becerra, R L
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Nov2024, Vol. 534 Issue 4, p3783-3807. 25p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Energetic GeV photons expected from the closest and the most energetic Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provide a unique opportunity to study the very-high-energy emission as well as the possible correlations with lower energy bands in realistic GRB afterglow models. In the standard GRB afterglow model, the relativistic homogeneous shock is usually considered to be fully adiabatic, however, it could be partially radiative. Based on the external forward-shock scenario in both stellar wind and constant-density medium, we present a radiative-adiabatic analytical model of the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) and synchrotron processes considering an electron energy distribution with a power-law index of |$1\lt p\lt 2$| and |$2\le p$|⁠. We show that the SSC scenario plays a relevant role in the radiative parameter |$\epsilon$|⁠ , leading to a prolonged evolution during the slow cooling regime. In a particular case, we derive the Fermi /LAT light curves together with the photons with energies |$\ge 100$|  MeV in a sample of nine bursts from the second Fermi /LAT GRB catalogue that exhibited temporal and spectral indices with |$\gtrsim 1.5$| and |$\approx 2$|⁠ , respectively. These events can hardly be described with closure relations of the standard synchrotron afterglow model, and also exhibit energetic photons above the synchrotron limit. We have modelled the multiwavelength observations of our sample to constrain the microphysical parameters, the circumburst density, the bulk Lorentz factor, and the mechanism responsible for explaining the energetic GeV photons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
534
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
180738338
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2190