Constraints on the synchrotron shock model for the Fermi GRB 090820a observed by gamma-ray burst monitor

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 741, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Burgess, J Michael ^a   Preece, Robert D ^a   Baring, Matthew G ^b   Briggs, Michael S ^a   Connaughton, Valerie ^a   Guiriec, Sylvain ^a   Paciesas, William S ^a   Meegan, Charles A ^c   Bhat, P N ^a   Bissaldi, Elisabetta ^d   Chaplin, Vandiver ^a   Diehl, Roland ^d   Fishman, Gerald J ^e   Fitzpatrick, Gerard ^f   Foley, Suzanne ^f   Gibby, Melissa ^g   Giles, Misty ^g   Goldstein, Adam ^a   Greiner, Jochen ^d   Gruber, David ^d   Van Der Horst, Alexander J ^c   Von Kienlin, Andreas ^d   Kippen, Marc ^h   Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^e   McBreen, Sheila ^f   Rau, Arne ^d   Tierney, Dave ^f   Wilson Hodge, Colleen ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; gamma rays: stars; gamma ray burst: individual (GRB 090820A); methods: data analysis; radiation mechanisms: non thermal; radiation mechanisms: thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155135719     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/741/1/24     Document Type: Article

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