Spectral Features from Ultrarelativistic Ions in Gamma-Ray Bursts?

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13 April 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

Gamma ray burst outflows may entrain small blobs or filaments of dense, highly ionized metal rich material. Such inhomogeneities, accelerated by the flow to Lorentz factors in the range 10-100, could have a significant coverage factor, and give rise to broad features, especially due to Fe K-edges, which influence the burst spectrum below the MeV range, leading to a progressively decreasing hardness ratio.

Keywords

ULTRARELATIVISTIC IONS
SPECTRAL FEATURES
GAMMA RAY BURSTS
COVERAGE FACTOR
BURST OUTFLOWS
FILAMENTS
RAY BURST
LORENTZ

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Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 502 (2), L105.

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