Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
It is shown how the thermal synchrotron emission spectrum is modified when the photon energy is greater than the mean energy of the radiating particles. The effect if applying this energy conservation constraint is to produce spectra which have less high-energy photon emission than had been previously estimated. The thermal synchrotron spectra provide satisfactory fits to recently observed very high energy gamma ray spectra of certain burst sources.
Keywords:
SPACE RADIATION
Type:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X); 296; 65-68
Format:
text
Permalink