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Gamma-ray bursts—fireballs and blastwaves

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Gamma-Ray Bursts

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The observational discoveries described in the previous chapters have led over the years to the development of the GRB’ standard model’ that describes the main properties of gamma-ray bursts with standard physics applied to somewhat ‘exotic’ objects. In this chapter we outline the most popular model to explain GRBs and their afterglows. This model, with its basic ingredients, has very often been called the standard model.

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(2009). Gamma-ray bursts—fireballs and blastwaves. In: Gamma-Ray Bursts. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39088-6_5

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