2 papers
astro-ph2007
Photon Acceleration at Shock Breakout of Trans-Relativistic Supernova
Zhuo Li, Xiang-Yu Wang, Eli Waxman +1
The predicted thermal flash from SN shock breakout might have been detected for the first time by Swift in GRB 060218/SN 2006aj. The detected thermal X-ray emission in this event i…
astro-ph2007
High-Energy Gamma-Rays from GRB X-ray Flares
Xiang-Yu Wang, Zhuo Li, Peter Meszaros
The recent detection of X-ray flares during the afterglow phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) suggests an inner-engine origin, at radii inside the forward shock. There must be inverse…