Emission lines in GRBs constrain the total energy reservoir
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Emission lines in GRBs constrain the total energy reservoir
The emission features observed in the X–ray afterglow of Gamma Ray Bursts are extremely powerful. Since they last at least for several hours, they imply energies of the order of 10 ergs. This in turn implies that the energy contained in the illuminating continuum thought to be responsible of the line production must exceed 10 ergs. This is a strong lower limit to the energy reservoir of Gamma R...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020702