Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with application to gamma-ray burst outflows. I. Theory and semianalytic trans-alfvénic solutions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 596, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1080-1103

  Vlahakis, Nektarios ^a   Königl, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: bursts; ISM: jets and outflows; Methods: analytical; MHD; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242287352     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378226     Document Type: Article

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