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The Synchrotron Shock Model Confronts a “Line of Death” in the BATSE Gamma‐Ray Burst Data

  • Authors: R. D. Preece, M. S. Briggs, R. S. Mallozzi, G. N. Pendleton, W. S. Paciesas, and D. L. Band

Preece et al. 1998 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 506 L23.

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Caption: Fig. 2.

Plot of fitted low‐energy power‐law index against ﹩E_{\mathrm{peak}\,}﹩. The spectrum chosen for each burst is the one with the largest value of α. Diamonds indicate bursts fitted with a broken power‐law model. The SSM‐violating region is bounded from below by the "death line" (dashed), and the acceptable region is bounded by the ﹩-3/ 2﹩ line (dotted). Points where the error bars on ﹩\alpha _{25}﹩ exceed the plot area were omitted for clarity.

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