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Bulk relativistic motion in gamma-ray burstsIt is shown here that any model for gamma-ray bursts in which the gamma-rays in the source are isotropic in a frame moving relativistically with respect to external observers has several advantageous traits: hard photons can escape more easily, the radiated energy per burst is reduced, and stellar back-heating is virtually eliminated. In addition, several other features of gamma-ray burst phenomenology must be reinterpreted: the burst source density, or alternatively, the recurrence time per source, is altered, and the physical interpretation of spectral features may also be substantially changed.
Document ID
19930036222
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Krolik, Julian H.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Pier, Edward A.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Gamma-ray bursts - Observations, analyses and theories (A93-20206 06-90)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A20219
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1748
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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