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Title:
Modeling Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission and X-Ray Flares within the Internal Shock Model
Authors:
Maxham, Amanda; Zhang, Bing; Kobayashi, Shiho
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), AC(Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University)
Publication:
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1000, pp. 381-384 (2008). (AIPC Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/2008
Origin:
AIP
PACS Keywords:
gamma-ray sources; gamma-ray bursts, Flare stars, Macrosonic propagation, finite amplitude sound; shock waves
DOI:
10.1063/1.2943489
Bibliographic Code:
2008AIPC.1000..381M

Abstract

We have developed a shell model code to address the question of how gamma-ray prompt emission and x-ray flares are produced within the framework of the internal shock model. The shell model creates randomized GRB explosions from the central engine with multiple shells and follows those shells as they collide, producing gamma-ray emission and x-ray flares. Our goal is to explore what types of models produce the observed light curve patterns, so one can diagnose the Lorentz factor distribution of the shells as well as the time history of the central engine.
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