A study of the afterglows of four gamma-ray bursts: Constraining the explosion and fireball model

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 597, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 459-473

  Yost, S A ^a   Harrison, F A ^a   Sari, R ^b   Frail, D A ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays:bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242550677     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378288     Document Type: Article

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