Published May 22, 2008
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Journal article
Prompt spectrum of GRB 021206 supports the Cannonball Model
- 1. UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, CA (United States)
- 2. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
Description
GRB 021206 is one of the brightest GRBs ever observed. Its prompt emission, as measured by RHESSI, shows an unexpected spectral hardening around 5 MeV. Below this energy, the spectrum is well described by a Band function with a peak energy of about 700 keV. However, using the full RHESSI energy range up to 17 MeV, the spectrum can not be fitted with a Band function. The Cannonball Model on the other hand predicts such a spectral hardening, and we found that it fits the spectrum of GRB 021206 perfectly
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2943437;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 1000
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 170-173
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- Santa Fe conference on gamma-ray bursts 2007
- Dates
- 5-9 Nov 2007
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40017839
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SPECTRA; KEV RANGE; MEASURING METHODS; MEV RANGE; PHOTON EMISSION; SPECTRAL HARDENING; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics