Hard electron energy distribution in the relativistic shocks of gamma-ray burst afterglows

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-158

  Resmi, L ^a,b,c   Bhattacharya, D ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles gamma rays; Bursts

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; SHOCK WAVES; STARS;

ACCELERATION OF PARTICLE-GAMMA RAY; ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; BURST; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA RAYS BURSTS; GAMMA-RAYS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PARTICLE ENERGY; RADIATION SPECTRUM;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649663133     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13298.x     Document Type: Article

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