Some theoretical implications of short-hard gamma-ray burst observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1224-1228

  Nakar, Ehud ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursts; Gamma rays

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); LIGHT EMISSION; LORENTZ FORCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAYS;

LORENTZ FACTOR; PROGENITOR SYSTEMS; SHORT-HARD GRBS (SHBS); X-RAY AFTERGLOW;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 35548967970     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.038     Document Type: Article

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