Constraints on cold magnetized shocks in gamma-ray bursts
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19197.x