3 papers
astro-ph2003
Optical Flashes and Very Early Afterglows in Wind Environments
X. F. Wu, Z. G. Dai, Y. F. Huang +1
The interaction of a relativistic fireball with its ambient medium is described through two shocks: a reverse shock that propagates into the fireball, and a forward shock that prop…
astro-ph2003
External shock model for the large-scale, relativistic X-ray jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564
X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, T. Lu
Large-scale, decelerating, relativistic X-ray jets due to material ejected from the black-hole candidate X-ray transient and microquasar XTE J1550-564 has been recently discovered…
astro-ph2003
Gamma-Ray Bursts from Neutron Star Kicks
Y. F. Huang, Z. G. Dai, T. Lu +2
The idea that gamma-ray bursts might be a kind of phenomena associated with neutron star kicks was first proposed by Dar & Plaga (1999). Here we study this mechanism in more detail…