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Linear Polarization of Synchrotron Radiation from Very-small-pitch-angle Electrons
Meng Nie, Jirong Mao
For synchrotron radiation with pitch angle where is the electron Lorentz factor, referred to as very-small-pitch-angle synchrotron radiation, the polarization proper…
X-ray Polarization of Inverse Compton Scattering by Thermal and Nonthermal Electrons
Boting Wang, Jirong Mao, Jieying Liu +1
X-ray emission from accretion-powered astrophysical systems is widely interpreted as inverse Compton (IC) scattering between energetic electrons and soft photons. Besides the emitt…
Synchrotron polarization of anisotropic electron distribution in GRB prompt emission
Kang-Fa Cheng, Kai-Xian Luo, Xiao-Hong Zhao +7
In gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the electron pitch angle () is usually assumed to be isotropically distributed. However, recent numerical simulations indicate that only the high-ene…
Synchrotron Circular Polarization in Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Optical Emission: Relativistic Thermal Electron Contribution
Kangfa Cheng, Jirong Mao, Xiaohong Zhao +4
Synchrotron circular polarization of a non-thermal power-law electron distribution in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been studied. However, some numerical simulations have shown that…
Synchrotron polarization of a hybrid distribution of relativistic thermal and nonthermal electrons in GRB prompt emission
Kangfa Cheng, Jirong Mao, Xiaohong Zhao +4
Synchrotron polarization of relativistic nonthermal electrons in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been widely studied. However, recent numerical simulations of relativistic shocks and m…
The polarization-angle flip in GRB prompt emission
Kangfa Cheng, Xiaohong Zhao, Jirong Mao +1
Aims. We aim to provide an explanation for the PA rotation in GRBs and find the physical conditions that lead to the rotation by 90 degrees in the toroidal magnetic-field (MF) mode…
Magnetic-Reconnection-Heated Corona Model: Implication of Hybrid Electrons for Hard X-ray Emission of Luminous Active Galactic Nuclei
Jie-Ying Liu, Jirong Mao, B. F. Liu
It is widely accepted that X-ray emission in luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) originates from hot corona. To prevent the corona from over-cooling by strong X-ray emission, st…
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations at 230 GHz have now imaged polarized emission around the supermassive black hole in M87 on event-horizon scales. This polarized synchrotr…
A tale of two transients: GW170104 and GRB170105A
V. Bhalerao, M. M. Kasliwal, D. Bhattacharya +30
We present multi-wavelength follow-up campaigns by the AstroSat-CZTI and GROWTH collaborations to search for an electromagnetic counterpart to the gravitational wave event GW170104…