Electron acceleration and efficiency in nonthermal gamma-ray sources

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 461, Issue 1 PART II, 1996, Pages

  Bykov, A M ^a,c   Meszaros P ^b,c  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Cosmic rays; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042886117     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309999     Document Type: Article

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