High-energy emission as a test of the prior emission model for gamma-ray burst afterglows
arXiv:0910.0232 · doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00799.x
Abstract
We study high-energy gamma-ray afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the prior emission model, which is proposed to explain the plateau phase of the X-ray afterglow. This model predicts the high-energy gamma-ray emission when the prompt GRB photons from the main flow are up-scattered by relativistic electrons accelerated at the external shock due to the prior flow. The expected spectrum has the peak of 10-100 GeV at around the end time of the plateau phase for typical GRBs, and high-energy gamma rays from nearby and/or energetic GRBs can be detected by current and future Cherenkov telescopes such as MAGIC, VERITAS, CTA, and possibly Fermi. Multi-wavelength observations by ground-based optical telescopes as well as Fermi and/or Swift sattelites are important to constrain the model. Such external inverse-Compton emission may even lead to GeV-TeV gamma-ray signals with the delay time of 10-100 s, only if the plateau phase is short-lived.
5 pages, 4 figures
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