On the nature of late X-ray flares in Swift gamma-ray bursts

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 487, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Curran, P A ^a   Starling, R L C ^b   O'Brien, P T ^b   Godet, O ^b   Van Der Horst, A J ^c   Wijers, R A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NSSTC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAMMA RAYS;

AFTERGLOW DECAY; GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL; X-RAY FLARES; X-RAYS: BURSTS;

STARS;

EID: 48849086555     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809652     Document Type: Article

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