The efficiency of electron acceleration in collisionless shocks and gamma-ray burst energetics

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 627, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 861-867

  Eichler, David ^a   Waxman, Eli ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844476864     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430596     Document Type: Article

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