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view Abstract Citations (41) References (19) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Inverse-Compton Spectra for Gamma-Ray Bursts: Suppressing the Soft Photons Ho, Cheng ; Epstein, Richard I. Abstract Gamma-ray burst spectra may be produced by relativistic electrons Compton scattering blackbody radiation from the surface of a neutron star. Because an electron encounters fewer and more collimated photons as it moves away from the neutron star, the low-energy part of the cooling spectrum can be strongly suppressed, compared to that for a uniform flux of photons incident on the electron. Using the cooling spectra which include the evolutionary effect, a good fit has been obtained for the spectrum of the gamma-ray burst GB 811016, which is deficient in X-ray photons below about 300 keV and shows a power law up to about 1 MeV. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: August 1989 DOI: 10.1086/167703 Bibcode: 1989ApJ...343..277H Keywords: Compton Effect; Gamma Ray Bursts; Inverse Scattering; Neutron Stars; Black Body Radiation; Electron Energy; Gamma Ray Spectra; Radiation Transport; Relativistic Electron Beams; Stellar Evolution; Astrophysics; GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS; RADIATION MECHANISMS; STARS: NEUTRON full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (1)
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