RELATIVISTIC JET DYNAMICS AND CALORIMETRY OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

Nahliel Wygoda; Eli Waxman; D. A. Frail

doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/738/2/L23

RELATIVISTIC JET DYNAMICS AND CALORIMETRY OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

Nahliel Wygoda, Eli Waxman, D. A. Frail

Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute Of Science

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We present numerical solutions of the two-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamics equations describing the deceleration and expansion of highly relativistic conical jets, of opening angles 0.05 t(s) = r(theta)/c the emission of radiation from the jet blast wave is similar to that of a spherical blast wave carrying the same energy (significant deviations at t similar to t(s) occur only for well off-axis observers, theta(obs) similar to 1 >> theta(0)). Thus, the total (calorimetric) energy of gamma-ray burst blast waves may be estimated with only a small fractional error based on t > t(s) observations.

Original language	English
Article number	L23
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	738
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/738/2/L23
State	Published - Sep 2011

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RELATIVISTIC JET DYNAMICS AND CALORIMETRY OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

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