Creation of electron-positron wind in gamma-ray bursts and its effect on the early afterglow emission

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 252-258

  Kumar, P ^a   Panaitescu, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; Relativity; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; POSITRONS; RELATIVITY; SHOCK WAVES; WIND;

AFTERGLOW EMISSION; AMBIENT MEDIA; ELECTRON-POSITRON PAIRS; EMISSION PEAKS; GAMMA RAYS BURSTS; GAMMA RAYS: THEORY; GAMMA-RAY PHOTONS; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; SHOCK-WAVES; SYNCHROTRON EMISSION;

STARS;

EID: 7544244208     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08185.x     Document Type: Article

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