Constraining the structure of gamma-ray burst jets through the afterglow light curves

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 591, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1086-1096

  Granot, Jonathan ^a   Kumar, Pawan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Relativity; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042196916     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375489     Document Type: Article

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