Predicting spectral parameters in the backscattering dominated model for the prompt phase of GRBs.

2021 
We propose a model in which the photons generated through pair annihilation at the centre of a gamma ray burst (GRB) are backscattered through Compton scattering by an outflowing stellar cork. Using pair annihilation spectrum for seed photons, we show that the obtained spectra are capable of reproducing the low energy slopes in the observed prompt spectra of most GRBs. We predict that the low energy photon index ({\alpha}) ranges typically between 0.2 and -1.65 while the high energy slopes \beta are steeper. The Spectral peak energies ({\epsilon} peak ) cover a range from a few 10 x KeV to few MeV. Surveys have shown that the population of most bursts reside within these ranges. We further predict steep decay of photon flux at very low energies.
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