Electron-positron pair production in hot unsaturated Compton accretion models around black holes

1979 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 1105 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. T. Liang
2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 021102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai-Song Xie ◽  
Mohamedsedik Melike ◽  
Dulat Sayipjamal

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Geng ◽  
Y. F. Huang

The detection of optical rebrightenings and X-ray plateaus in the afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) challenges the generic external shock model. Recently, we have developed a numerical method to calculate the dynamics of the system consisting of a forward shock and a reverse shock. Here, we briefly review the applications of this method in the afterglow theory. By relating these diverse features to the central engines of GRBs, we find that the steep optical rebrightenings would be caused by the fall-back accretion of black holes, while the shallow optical rebrightenings are the consequence of the injection of the electron-positron-pair wind from the central magnetar. These studies provide useful ways to probe the characteristics of GRB central engines.


2003 ◽  
pp. 582-586
Author(s):  
H.K. Avetissian ◽  
A.K. Avetissian ◽  
G.F. Mkrtchian ◽  
Kh.V. Sedrakian

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgii K. Sizykh ◽  
Sergei P. Roshchupkin ◽  
Victor V. Dubov

The process of resonant high-energy electron–positron pair production by an ultrarelativistic electron colliding with the field of an X-ray pulsar is theoretically investigated. Resonant kinematics of the process is studied in detail. Under the resonance condition, the intermediate virtual photon in the X-ray pulsar field becomes a real particle. As a result, the initial process of the second order in the fine structure constant effectively reduces into two successive processes of the first order: X-ray-stimulated Compton effect and X-ray-stimulated Breit–Wheeler process. For a high-energy initial electron all the final ultrarelativistic particles propagate in a narrow cone along the direction of the initial electron momentum. The presence of threshold energy for the initial electron which is of order of 100 MeV for 1-KeV-frequency field is shown. At the same time, the energy spectrum of the final particles (two electrons and a positron) highly depends on their exit angles and on the initial electron energy. This result significantly distinguishes the resonant process from the non-resonant one. It is shown that the resonant differential probability significantly exceeds the non-resonant one.


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