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# Modeling the Multi-band Afterglow of GRB 060908 with the Double Power-Law Hard Electron Energy Spectrum Model

@article{Zhang2018ModelingTM,
title={Modeling the Multi-band Afterglow of GRB 060908 with the Double Power-Law Hard Electron Energy Spectrum Model},
author={Q. Zhang and Shaolin Xiong and Liming Song},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
year={2018}
}
• Published 28 January 2018
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Electrons accelerated in relativistic collisionless shocks are usually assumed to follow a power-law energy distribution with an index of $p$. Observationally, although most gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have afterglows that are consistent with $p>2$, there are still a few GRBs suggestive of a hard ($p 2$ and an injection break assumed as $\gamma_{\rm b}\propto \gamma^{q}$ in the relativistic regime. Moreover, these works suggested a possibly universal value of $q\sim0.5$. GRB~060908 is another case…

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### Evolution of an afterglow with a hard electron spectrum

• Physics
• 2003
Diffusive shock acceleration theory suggests that the universal'' energy spectrum of electrons with a power-law index p approximately equal to 2.3, commonly used to model GRB afterglows, cannot