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Prompt GeV-TeV Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts Due to High-Energy Protons, Muons, and Electron-Positron Pairs

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Katsuaki Asano1 and Susumu Inoue1

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In the framework of the internal shock scenario, we model the broadband prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with emphasis on the GeV-TeV bands, utilizing Monte Carlo simulations that include various processes associated with electrons and protons accelerated to high energies. While inverse Compton emission from primary electrons is often dominant, different proton-induced mechanisms can also give rise to distinct high-energy components, such as synchrotron emission from protons, muons, or secondary electrons/positrons injected via photomeson interactions. In some cases, they give rise to double spectral breaks that can serve as unique signatures of ultra-high-energy protons. We discuss the conditions favorable for such emission, and how they are related to the production of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos in internal shocks. Ongoing and upcoming observations by the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes, and other facilities will test these expectations, and provide important information on the physical conditions in GRB outflows.


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cosmic rays; gamma rays: bursts; gamma rays: theory; neutrinos; radiation mechanisms: non-thermal


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Issue 1 (2007 December 10)

Received 2007 May 20, accepted for publication 2007 September 2



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