Gedalin, M., Balikhin, M.A. and Eichler, D. (2008) Efficient electron heating in relativistic shocks and gamma-ray-burst afterglow. Physical Review E, 77 (2). 026403. ISSN 1539-3755
Abstract
Electrons in shocks are efficiently energized due to the cross-shock potential, which develops because of differential deflection of electrons and ions by the magnetic field in the shock front. The electron energization is necessarily accompanied by scattering and thermalization. The mechanism is efficient in both magnetized and nonmagnetized relativistic electron-ion shocks. It is proposed that the synchrotron emission from the heated electrons in a layer of strongly enhanced magnetic field is responsible for gamma-ray-burst afterglows.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2008 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physical Review E. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2017 13:26 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 03:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026403 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026403 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121590 |