The Appearance of Cosmic Fireballs
Abstract
The influence of matter on a radiation fireball is examined. Even when a small amount of baryonic material is present, most of the radiation energy of the fireball will be converted to a kinetic energy of the matter, and almost no electromagnetic signal will be observed. The implications of this result for several processes in which such a fireball might occur are discussed.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- December 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1086/185887
- Bibcode:
- 1990ApJ...365L..55S
- Keywords:
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- Extraterrestrial Radiation;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Neutron Stars;
- Pair Production;
- Baryons;
- Nuclear Astrophysics;
- Quarks;
- Stellar Mass Accretion;
- Astrophysics;
- GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS;
- STARS: NEUTRON