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Cyclotron resonant scattering in the spectra of gamma-ray burstsData on the GB880205 gamma-ray bursts are presented that have implications for the nature of gamma-ray burst sources. It is shown that cyclotron resonant scattering and Raman scattering account well for the positions, strengths, and shapes of the relative strengths of the first and second harmonics and their narrow widths. These results imply the existence of a superstrong (B of about 2 x 10 to the 12th G) magnetic field in the vicinity of the X-ray emission region of GB880205. Such a superstrong magnetic field points to a strongly magnetic neutron star as the origin of gamma-ray bursts, and to the fact that the gamma-ray sources belong to the Galaxy.
Document ID
19900058525
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lamb, D. Q.
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Wang, J. C. L.
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Loredo, T. J.
(Chicago, University IL, United States)
Wasserman, I.
(Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States)
Fenimore, E. E.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: New York Academy of Sciences, Annals
Volume: 571
ISSN: 0077-8923
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
90A45580
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-50189
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-830
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-87-14475
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1284
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-666
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Public
Copyright
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