Generation of magnetic fields in the relativistic shock of gamma-ray burst sources

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 526, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 697-706

  Medvedev, Mikhail V ^a,b   Loeb, Abraham ^b  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Polarization; Radiation mechanisms : nonthermal; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033260414     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308038     Document Type: Article

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