Stability of the forward/reverse-shock system formed by the impact of a relativistic fireball on an ambient medium

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 568, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 830-844

  Wang, Xiaohu ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^a   Waxman, Eli ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042740590     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339163     Document Type: Article

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