Sahu, Sarira and Fortín, Carlos E. López (2020) Origin of Sub-TeV Afterglow Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts GRB 190114C and GRB 180720B. The Astrophysical Journal, 895 (2). L41. ISSN 2041-8213
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Abstract
The detection of GRB 180722B and GRB 190114C in sub-TeV gamma-rays has opened up a new window to study gamma-ray bursts in high-energy gamma-rays. Recently it has been shown that the synchrotron and inverse Compton processes are responsible for the production of these high-energy gamma-rays during the afterglow. Here, for the first time we demonstrate that the photohadronic scenario that is successful in explaining the multi-TeV flaring in high-energy blazars is also applicable for gamma-ray bursts. We show that the sub-TeV spectra of GRB 190114C and GRB 180720B are due to the interaction of high-energy protons with the background photons in the synchrotron self-Compton region and synchrotron region, respectively. The nature of the background photon distributions help us to constrain their bulk Lorentz factors.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | STM One > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@stmone.org |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2023 05:16 |
Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2024 07:03 |
URI: | http://publications.openuniversitystm.com/id/eprint/1162 |