Compton drag as a mechanism for very high linear polarization in gamma-ray bursts

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Lazzati, Davide ^a   Rossi, Elena ^a   Ghisellini, Gabriele ^b   Rees, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma; Polarization; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; Rrays: bursts

Indexed keywords

DRAG; POLARIZATION; STARS;

COMPTON; DEGREE OF LINEAR POLARIZATION; GAMMA RAYS BURSTS; INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING; LINEAR POLARIZATION; POINT-SOURCES; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; RRAYS: BURST; SOFT RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON EMISSION;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0348230797     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07387.x     Document Type: Article

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