Steep slopes and preferred breaks in gamma-ray burst spectra: The role of photospheres and comptonization

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 292-298

  Meszaros P ^a,b   Rees, M J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology: miscellaneous; Gamma rays: bursts; Radiation mechanisms: thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038636687     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308371     Document Type: Article

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