GRB fireball physics: Prompt and early emission

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fox, D B ^a   Meszaros P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INFORMATION USE; SATELLITES;

GAMMA-RAY BURST (GRB); MULTI WAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS; SWIFT SATELLITE; TIMESCALES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33748945550     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/9/199     Document Type: Article

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