Polarization of gamma-ray burst afterglows in the synchrotron self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet
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| 作者 | Lin, HN; Li, X; Chang, Z; Lin, HN (reprint author), Chongqing Univ, Dept Phys, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China. |
| 刊名 | CHINESE PHYSICS C
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| 出版日期 | 2017 |
| 卷号 | 41期号:4页码:45101 |
| 关键词 | Gamma-ray Burst Polarization Synchrotron Radiation Compton Scattering |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/41/4/045101 |
| 英文摘要 | Linear polarization has been observed in both the prompt phase and afterglow of some bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Polarization in the prompt phase spans a wide range, and may be as high as greater than or similar to 50%. In the afterglow phase, however, it is usually below 10%. According to the standard fireball model, GRBs are produced by synchrotron radiation and Compton scattering process in a highly relativistic jet ejected from the central engine. It is widely accepted that prompt emissions occur in the internal shock when shells with different velocities collide with each other, and the magnetic field advected by the jet from the central engine can be ordered on a large scale. On the other hand, afterglows are often assumed to occur in the external shock when the jet collides with interstellar medium, and the magnetic field produced by the shock through, for example, Weibel instability, is possibly random. In this paper, we calculate the polarization properties of the synchrotron self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet, in which the magnetic field is randomly distributed in the shock plane. We also consider the generalized situation where a uniform magnetic component perpendicular to the shock plane is superposed on the random magnetic component. We show that it is difficult for the polarization to be larger than 10% if the seed electrons are isotropic in the jet frame. This may account for the observed upper limit of polarization in the afterglow phase of GRBs. In addition, if the random and uniform magnetic components decay with time at different speeds, then the polarization angle may change 90 during the temporal evolution. |
| 学科主题 | Physics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.itp.ac.cn/handle/311006/22090]  |
| 专题 | 理论物理研究所_理论物理所1978-2010年知识产出 |
| 通讯作者 | Lin, HN (reprint author), Chongqing Univ, Dept Phys, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China. |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lin, HN,Li, X,Chang, Z,et al. Polarization of gamma-ray burst afterglows in the synchrotron self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet[J]. CHINESE PHYSICS C,2017,41(4):45101. |
| APA | Lin, HN,Li, X,Chang, Z,&Lin, HN .(2017).Polarization of gamma-ray burst afterglows in the synchrotron self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet.CHINESE PHYSICS C,41(4),45101. |
| MLA | Lin, HN,et al."Polarization of gamma-ray burst afterglows in the synchrotron self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet".CHINESE PHYSICS C 41.4(2017):45101. |
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