Ion dynamics and acceleration in relativistic shocks

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 695, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Martins, S F ^a   Fonseca, R A ^a,b   Silva, L O ^a   Mori, W B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849092515     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/L189     Document Type: Article

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