X-ray flares from late internal and late external shocks

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1208-1213

  Wu, X F ^a,b,c,d   Dai, Z G ^c   Wang, X Y ^c   Huang, Y F ^c   Feng, L L ^a,b,d   Lu, T ^a,b,d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Joint Center for Particle Nuclear Physics and Cosmology (J CPNPC)   (China)

Author keywords

Gamma ray bursts; Swift observatory; X rays

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LORENTZ FORCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; INTERNAL SHOCK MODEL; SWIFT OBSERVATORY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 35549007145     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.027     Document Type: Article

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