The external shock model of gamma-ray bursts: Three predictions and a paradox resolved

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 515, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Dermer, Charles D ^a   Böttcher, Markus ^a,b   Chiang, James ^a,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039064971     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311972     Document Type: Article

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