Thick fireballs and the steep decay in the early X-ray afterglow of gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 641, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 972-977

  Lazzati, Davide ^a   Begelman, Mitchell C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Hydrodynamics; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745312738     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500502     Document Type: Article

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