Measuring the GRB parameters from afterglow observations

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1 January 1998

conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing

DOI:10.1063/1.55401

Abstract

We examine the relativistic decelerating shell model for γ-ray burst afterglow, and show how one can infer the model’s free parameters from afterglow observations.

Keywords

GAMMA-RAY SOURCES (ASTRONOMICAL)
ASTROPHYSICAL RADIATION MECHANISMS
ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
SHOCK WAVES
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
INTERSTELLAR MATTER
BRIGHTNESS
DENSITY