<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petropoulou, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giannios, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimitrakoudis, S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Implications of a PeV neutrino spectral cut-off in gamma-ray burst models</style></title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gamma-ray burst: general</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">neutrinos</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">radiation mechanisms: non-thermal</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014/11/1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445..570P</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OUP</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">445</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">570 - 580</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0035-8711</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The recent discovery of extragalactic PeV neutrinos opens a new window to the exploration of cosmic ray accelerators. The observed PeV neutrino flux is close to the Waxman-Bahcall upper bound implying that gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be the source of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Starting with the assumption of the GRB-UHECR connection, we show using both analytical estimates and numerical simulations that the observed neutrinos can originate at the jet as a result of photopion interactions with the following implications: the neutrino spectra are predicted to have a cut-off at energy ≲10 PeV; the dissipation responsible for the GRB emission and cosmic ray acceleration takes place at distances r&lt;SUB&gt;diss&lt;/SUB&gt; ≃ 3 × 10&lt;SUP&gt;11&lt;/SUP&gt;-3 × 10&lt;SUP&gt;13&lt;/SUP&gt; cm from the central engine; the Thomson optical depth at the dissipation region is τ&lt;SUB&gt;T&lt;/SUB&gt; ∼ 1; the jet carries a substantial fraction of its energy in the form of Poynting flux at the dissipation region, and has a Lorentz factor Γ ≃ 100-500. The non-detection of PeV neutrinos coincident with GRBs will indicate that GRBs are either poor cosmic accelerators or the dissipation takes place at small optical depths in the jet.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>