1998/10/05 by H. Papathanassiou, Papathanassiou, H.
Physics and Astronomy · #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9810068
4 pages, submitted to Proc. of the 3rd INTEGRAL Workshop: The Etxreme Universe
arxiv created 1998/10/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
I present a computationally efficient way to account for synchrotron and its inverse Compton scattered emission along with the resulting radiative losses, in a self-consistent way, for a relativistic distribution of electrons continuously injected in an expanding region. This approach permits the exploration of the wide parameter space of the physical processes in a shock. I apply it to the picture of ``internal shocks'' for the description of Gamma Ray Bursts. I use the properties of the time-integrated spectra as defined mainly by observations by BATSE, EGRET, and Ginga to impose constrains on the parameter space. I discuss the corresponding shock properties and one of the ways in which INTEGRAL can provide further insight.