Resonant compton scattering and gamma-ray burst continuum spectra
Abstract
The Thomson limit of resonant inverse Compton scattering in the strong magnetic fields of neutron stars is considered as a mechanism for producing gamma-ray burst continuum spectra. Photon production spectra and electron cooling rates are presented using the full magnetic Thomson cross-section. Model emission spectra are obtained as self-consistent solutions of a set of photon and electron kinetic equations, displaying spectral breaks and other structure at gamma-ray energies.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- May 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(94)00042-Y
- Bibcode:
- 1995AdSpR..15e..85B
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Compton Effect;
- Continuous Spectra;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Inverse Scattering;
- Resonance Scattering;
- Thomson Scattering;
- Electrons;
- Kinetic Equations;
- Mathematical Models;
- Neutron Stars;
- Photons;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Astrophysics