Jitter radiation as a possible mechanism for gamma-ray burst afterglows: Spectra and light curves

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 666, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 339-345

  Medvedev, Mikhail V ^a,c   Lazzati, Davide ^b   Morsony, Brian C ^b   Workman, Jared C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Magnetic fields; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348882164     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520701     Document Type: Article

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