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Are gamma-ray bursts optically thick?
Abstract
To test the hypothesis that optically thick neutron-star models can produce very hard spectra if the energy density of the source is as high as it is in a thermal radiation field at a temperature of about 1 MeV, consideration is given to the fate of a quantity E of pure energy. This quantity is initially confined to a sphere in equilibrium at a temperature greater than 1 MeV and then allowed to expand freely. Given the shortcomings of conventional models, the possibility that burst sources could be optically thick and distant should not be dismissed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Goodman, J.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1986-09
- Volume
- 308
- Pages
- L47
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W1968854473
- Cited by
- 833
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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