The Internal-Collision-Induced Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence (ICMART) Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts
arXiv:1011.1197 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/726/2/90
Abstract
The recent Fermi observation of GRB 080916C shows that the bright photosphere emission associated with a putative fireball is missing, which suggests a Poynting-flux-dominated outflow. We propose a model of gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission in the Poynting-flux-dominated regime, namely, the Internal-Collision-induced MAgnetic Reconnection and Turbulence (ICMART) model. It is envisaged that the GRB central engine launches an intermittent, magnetically-dominated wind, and that in the GRB emission region, the ejecta is still moderately magnetized. Similar to the internal shock (IS) model, the mini-shells interact internally at the traditional internal shock radius. Most of these early collision have little energy dissipation, but serve to distort the ordered magnetic field lines. At a certain point, the distortion of magnetic field configuration reaches the critical condition to allow fast reconnection seeds to occur, which induce relativistic MHD turbulence in the interaction regions. The turbulence further distorts field lines easing additional magnetic reconnections, resulting in a runway release of the stored magnetic field energy (an ICMART event). Particles accelerated in the ICMART region radiate synchrotron photons that power the observed gamma-rays. Each ICMART event corresponds to a broad pulse in the GRB lightcurve, and a GRB is composed of multiple ICMART events. This model retains the merits of the IS and other models, but may overcome several difficulties/issues faced by the IS model (e.g. low efficiency, fast cooling, electron number excess, Amati/Yonetoku relation inconsistency, and missing bright photosphere). It predicts two-component variability time scales, and a decreasing Ep and polarization degree during each ICMART event. The model may be applied to most Fermi LAT GRBs that have time-resolved, featureless Band-function spectra (abridged).
ApJ, in press (submitted on May 6, 2010). 27 emulateapj pages, 4 figures. Minor changes to match the published version
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