Radiative Acceleration and X-ray Spectrum of Outflowing Pure Electron-Positron Pair Fireball in Magnetar Bursts

Tomoki Wada^1,2,3*, Katsuaki Asano³

¹Department of Physics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
²Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences; Astronomical Institute, Graduate School of Science,, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
³Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

* Presenter:Tomoki Wada, email:tomoki.wada@yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

One X-ray short burst accompanied by a Galactic fast radio burst has been detected so far, and its X-ray cut-off energy was significantly higher than that of other X-ray short bursts. Such X-ray bursts are thought to be emitted from a fireball in the magnetosphere of magnetars. If a fireball is formed around a magnetic pole, it expands and is accelerated under its radiation pressure, later producing photon emission and plasma outflow, which can be responsible for radio bursts. We numerically study the radiative acceleration of this outflowing fireball, which consists of electron-positron pairs and radiation, and obtain the spectrum of the escaped X-ray photons. We consistently take into account cyclotron resonant scattering, which enhances the scattering cross section resulting in a strong radiative force and high optical depth. Our results show that similar spectra to the observed X-ray spectrum in the Galactic fast radio burst are realized in outflowing fireballs and that the plasma outflow is simultaneously accelerated to a high Lorentz factor owing to cyclotron resonant scattering.

Keywords: high-energy astrophysics, magnetar, X-ray bursts, fast radio bursts