7–12 Jul 2024
Aurum, the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University and ICRANet
Europe/Rome timezone

Session

Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts

GB2
8 Jul 2024, 15:00
Aurum, the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University and ICRANet

Aurum, the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University and ICRANet

Pescara, Italy

Conveners

Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts: Monday block 1

  • Damien Begue (Bar Ilan University)
  • Gregory Vereshchagin (ICRANet)

Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts: Monday block 2

  • Gregory Vereshchagin (ICRANet)
  • Damien Begue (Bar Ilan University)

Description

We will discuss basic radiation mechanisms producing observed spectra and light curves of gamma-ray bursts and their respective roles. Special attention will be given to theoretical and observational results aiming at discrimination between these mechanisms, in particular synchrotron and photospheric emission. In addition radiation mechanisms of high energy emission observed recently by the ground based Cherenkov detectors such as MAGIC and HESS as well as Air Shower Observatories such as LHAASO will be discussed.

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  1. Hirotaka Ito (RIKEN)
    08/07/2024, 15:00
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    We explore the properties of photospheric emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) based on relativistic hydrodynamical simulations and Monte Carlo radiation transfer calculations. Our simulations confirm that photospheric emission gives rise to correlations between the spectral peak energy and luminosity that agree with the observed Yonetoku, Amati, and Golenetskii correlations. It is also shown...

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  2. Dr Mukesh Kumar Vyas (Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel)
    08/07/2024, 15:15
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    We investigate the photon analogue of Fermi acceleration where a photon scatters within the shearing layers of a relativistic plasma and produces power-law-shaped spectra at high energies. It is an alternative to existing explanations of power law spectra such as synchrotron process or inverse Comptonization. Among several potential applications of this phenomenon, I will describe its...

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  3. Damien Begue (Bar Ilan University)
    08/07/2024, 15:30
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Talk in a parallel session

    GRB spectra seem to be well fitted by models based on marginally fast-cooled synchrotron radiation. This observation challenges the synchrotron process as a viable mechanism as it leads to (too) large emission radii and (too) large bulk Lorentz factors. To overcome this difficulty, it was proposed that proton could be the particles radiating synchrotron emission. I will show that if protons...

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  4. Asaf Pe'er (Bar Ilan University)
    08/07/2024, 15:45
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    In this talk, I will present two recent models for explaining the observed GRB spectra.
    As a GRB jet drills its way through the collapsing star, it traps a baryonic "cork" ahead of it. If the jet does not cross this cork, but rather photons that are emitted deep in the flow (e.g., by pair annihilation) are scattered by the cork, an observer close to the jet axis will see these photons due to...

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  5. Aksana Kurhuzava
    08/07/2024, 16:00
    Talk in a parallel session

    Large-scale cosmic emissions of explosive energy that occur during the explosions of certain supernovae or the merger of compact objects are called gamma-ray bursts. We study the radiation of the ultrarelativistic shell in the diffusion approximation, which takes place at the initial stage of a gamma-ray burst. We get the effective temperature, instantaneous and time-integrated spectra for the...

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  6. Gregory Vereshchagin (ICRANet)
    08/07/2024, 16:15
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Talk in a parallel session

    One of the main arguments in favour of magnetically dominated outflows is the absence of photospheric component in their broad-band time-resolved spectra, with such notable example as GRB 080916C. Detection of subdominant thermal component in this GRB is actually consistent with the photosphere of ultrarelativistic baryonic outflow, deep in the coasting regime. Therefore, the magnetic...

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  7. Alessio Mei (GSSI)
    08/07/2024, 17:00
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Talk in a parallel session

    Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the brightest sources in the Universe.
    They appear as gamma-ray flashes, with a spectrum that peaks around a few hundred keV . The prompt spectra of GRBs were historically characterised through the phenomenological Band function, composed of two power laws smoothly connected around the peak. Because of the broad spectral shape, GRB spectra seem consistent with...

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  8. Liang Li (ICRANet, Piazza della Repubblica 10, I-65122 Pescara, Italy)
    08/07/2024, 17:15
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions in the universe. How efficiently the jet converts its energy to radiation is a long-standing problem and it is poorly constrained. The standard model invokes a relativistic fireball with a bright photosphere emission component. A definitive diagnosis of GRB radiation components and measurement of GRB radiative efficiency require prompt...

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  9. Luca Izzo (INAF-Capodimonte & DARK/NBI)
    08/07/2024, 17:30
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    In this talk, I will present and discuss evidence for cocoon emission in the early afterglow emission phases of the nearby GRB-SN 171205A. Special attention will be given to the multi-wavelength analysis, and to modeling of the cocoon component.

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  10. Evgeny Derishev (Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
    08/07/2024, 17:45
    Emission mechanisms in gamma-ray bursts
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    GRB afterglows are powered by emission from relativistic collisionless shocks.
    The converter acceleration mechanism, which is specific just for
    relativistic shocks, makes them efficient emitters and at the same time
    modifies the shock structure. As a result, the shock balances itself within
    a region in the parameter space that can be estimated analytically or
    evaluated numerically with...

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  11. Biswajit Banerjee (Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI))
    08/07/2024, 18:00
    New frontier of multi messenger astrophysics: follow up of electromagnetic transient counterpart of gravitational wave sources
    Invited talk in a parallel session

    The origin of the prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains debated. Our understanding is primarily derived from wide-field telescopes that operate within the 10 keV-10 MeV range. However, capturing early emissions at higher energies (above 100 GeV) is challenging because of the time required for slewing of the telescopes. I will discuss multi-messenger observational strategies aimed...

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