X-ray plateaus in the context of the one-zone SSC model for GRB afterglows

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3509318· OSTI ID:21439599

Petropoulou, M; Mastichiadis, A ^[1]

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1. Section of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mechanics, Department of Physics, University of Athens (Greece)

We investigate the impact that the upper cutoff of the electron distribution has on the multiwavelength GRB afterglow spectra and on the corresponding X-ray light curves. We show under which conditions X-ray light curves with a plateau phase can be produced in this picture.

• OSTI ID: 21439599
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1279, Issue 1; Conference: Conference on deciphering the ancient universe with gamma-ray bursts, Kyoto (Japan), 19-23 Apr 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3509318; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
AFTERGLOW
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COSMIC ELECTRONS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA SPECTRA
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
X RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTRA
BOSONS
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
DETECTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
PHOTONS
PHYSICS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
SPECTRA