Electron-Positron Pair Cascades and Precursors in Gamma-Ray Bursts
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gamma-rayburstcascadeselectron-positronenvironmentpairback-scatteringbaryonic
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Gamma-ray burst sources with a high luminosity can produce electron-positron pair cascades in their environment as a result of back-scattering of a seed fraction of their original hard spectrum. The resulting spectral modifications offer the possibility of diagnosing not only the compactness parameter of the gamma-ray emitting region but also the baryonic density of the environment external to the burst.
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