Relativistic winds from compact gamma-ray sources. I. Radiative acceleration in the Klein-Nishina regime

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 534, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 239-247

  Madau, Piero ^a,b   Thompson, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179313     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308738     Document Type: Article

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