Are gamma-ray burst shocks mediated by the weibel instability?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 647, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1250-1254

  Lyubarsky, Yuri ^a   Eichler, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: Bursts; Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748523826     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505523     Document Type: Article

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