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Ultra-high energy cosmic rays and prompt TeV gamma rays from gamma ray bursts

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Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have been proposed as one possible class of sources of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) events observed up to energies ≳ 1020 eV. The synchrotron radiation of the highest energy protons accelerated within the GRB source should produce gamma rays up to TeV energies. Here we briefly discuss the implications on the energetics of the GRB from the point of view of the detectability of the prompt TeV γ-rays of proton-synchrotron origin in GRBs in the up-coming ICECUBE muon detector in the south pole.

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  1. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, 560 034, Bangalore, India

    Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

  2. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, 700 032, Kolkata, India

    Nayantara Gupta

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Bhattacharjee, P., Gupta, N. Ultra-high energy cosmic rays and prompt TeV gamma rays from gamma ray bursts. Pramana - J Phys 62, 789–792 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02705371

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