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astro-ph2005
Reverse Shock Emission as a Probe of GRB Ejecta
E. McMahon, P. Kumar, T. Piran
We calculate the reverse shock (RS) synchrotron emission in the optical and the radio wavelength bands from electron-positron pair enriched gamma-ray burst ejecta with the goal of…
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An unexpectedly rapid decline in the X-ray afterglow emission of long gamma-ray bursts
G. Tagliaferri, M. Goad, G. Chincarini +32
Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are commonly accepted to originate in the explosion of particularly massive stars, which gives rise to a highly relativistic jet. Internal inhomogeneit…