A comprehensive analysis of swift/X-ray telescope data. IV. single power-law decaying light curves versus canonical light curves and implications for a unified origin of X-rays

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 328-342

  Liang, En Wei ^a   Lü, Hou Jun ^a   Hou, Shu Jin ^a   Zhang, Bin Bin ^b   Zhang, Bing ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: observations; Methods: data analysis; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949086881     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/328     Document Type: Article

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