Thermalization of the pair plasma and the consequences for Gamma-Ray Bursts

ORAL

Abstract

We consider initial conditions in the sources of Gamma-Ray Bursts. We show that hot and dense pair plasma, created in the source, relaxes to thermal equilibrium configuration with zero chemical potentials well before it starts to expand driven by the radiative pressure. The relaxation process follows the sequence: pairs, protons, photons, thus the first particles reaching the same temperature are electrons and positrons, while photons join the thermal math latest. We also show that light nuclear elements cannot be synthesized in the fireball.

Authors

  • Gregory Vereshchagin

    ICRANet and Univesity of Rome ``Sapienza''

  • Alexey Aksenov

    ICRANet and Univesity of Rome ``Sapienza''

  • Remo Ruffini

    ICRANet and University of Rome ``Sapienza'', ICRANet and Univesity of Rome ``Sapienza''