On the electron energy distribution index of swift gamma-ray burst afterglows

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 716, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Curran, P A ^a   Evans, P A ^b   De Pasquale, M ^a   Page, M J ^a   Van Der Horst, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NSSTC   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; gamma ray burst: general; methods: statistical; radiation mechanisms: non thermal; shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956755970     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/716/2/L135     Document Type: Article

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