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Simulation of Prompt Emission from GRBs with a Photospheric Component and its Detectability By GLAST [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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12 pages : digital, PDF file
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) still requires a physical explanation. Studies of time-resolved GRB spectra, observed in the keV-MeV range, show that a hybrid model consisting of two components, a photospheric and a non-thermal component, in many cases fits bright, single-pulsed bursts as well as, and in some instances even better than, the Band function. With an energy coverage from 8 keV up to 300 GeV, GLAST will give us an unprecedented opportunity to further investigate the nature of the prompt emission. In particular, it will give us the possibility to determine whether a photospheric component is the determining feature of the spectrum or not. Here we present a short study of the ability of GLAST to detect such a photospheric component in the sub-MeV range for typical bursts, using simulation tools developed within the GLAST science collaboration.
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E 1.99:slac-pub-14800
slac-pub-14800
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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/29/2011.
"slac-pub-14800"
"arXiv:0705.1061"
arXiv:0705.1061
Contributed to 1st GLAST Symposium, Stanford, Palo Alto, 5-8 Feb 2007.
Omodei, Nicola; Battelino, Milan; Ryde, Felix; Longo, Francesco.
Funding Information
AC02-76SF00515
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