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Time delay of the PeV gamma ray burst after the October 1985 radio flare of Cygnus X-3

Abstract

Cygnus X-3 remains a puzzling and controversial source of ultra-high-energy radiation, E greater than or equal to 0.1 PeV. In existing data, TeV and sometimes PeV radiation has been seen episodically; such an episode is connected with the radio flare of Cyg X-3 in October 1985, when PeV radiation with no phase structure was seen. The PeV pulse was detected 3-5 days after the radio flare. The author proposes a natural explanation for the delay, in which gamma-photons of PeV energy are absorbed by radio radiation inside the source. After a delay, the gamma radiation emerges as the radio flux diminishes and absorption decreases.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Aug 11, 1988
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
GBN-88-004263; EDB-88-188072
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nature (London); (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 334:6182
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; PEV RANGE; STELLAR FLARES; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; ABSORPTION; ENERGY DENSITY; EVALUATED DATA; LUMINOSITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTONS; RADIATION FLUX; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA; DIAGRAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; STELLAR ACTIVITY; 640102* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Stars & Quasi-Stellar, Radio & X-Ray Sources
OSTI ID:
7089292
Research Organizations:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Turin (Italy). Lab. di Cosmo-Geofisica
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: NATUA
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
Pages: 506-507
Announcement Date:
Nov 01, 1988

Citation Formats

Berezinsky, V S. Time delay of the PeV gamma ray burst after the October 1985 radio flare of Cygnus X-3. United Kingdom: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.1038/334506a0.
Berezinsky, V S. Time delay of the PeV gamma ray burst after the October 1985 radio flare of Cygnus X-3. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/334506a0
Berezinsky, V S. 1988. "Time delay of the PeV gamma ray burst after the October 1985 radio flare of Cygnus X-3." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/334506a0.
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title = {Time delay of the PeV gamma ray burst after the October 1985 radio flare of Cygnus X-3}
author = {Berezinsky, V S}
abstractNote = {Cygnus X-3 remains a puzzling and controversial source of ultra-high-energy radiation, E greater than or equal to 0.1 PeV. In existing data, TeV and sometimes PeV radiation has been seen episodically; such an episode is connected with the radio flare of Cyg X-3 in October 1985, when PeV radiation with no phase structure was seen. The PeV pulse was detected 3-5 days after the radio flare. The author proposes a natural explanation for the delay, in which gamma-photons of PeV energy are absorbed by radio radiation inside the source. After a delay, the gamma radiation emerges as the radio flux diminishes and absorption decreases.}
doi = {10.1038/334506a0}
journal = []
volume = {334:6182}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1988}
month = {Aug}
}