{
  "id": "astro-ph/0611194",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-11-06T21:13:07.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-11-06T21:13:07.000Z",
  "title": "External Shocks, UHECRs, and the Early Afterglow of GRBs",
  "authors": [
    "Charles D. Dermer"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 1 figure, in Proc. of Swift and GRBs: Unveiling the Relativistic Universe, Venice, Italy, 5-9 June 2006",
  "journal": "Nuovo Cim.B121:1331-1336,2006",
  "doi": "10.1393/ncb/i2007-10254-5",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Highly variable gamma-ray pulses and X-ray flares in GRB light curves can result from external shocks rather than central engine activity under the assumption that the GRB blast-wave shell does not spread. Acceleration of cosmic rays to 10^{20} eV energies can take place in the external shocks of GRBs. Escape of hadronic energy in the form of UHECRs leads to a rapidly decelerating GRB blast wave, which may account for the rapid X-ray declines observed in Swift GRBs.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-11-06T21:13:07.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "98.70.Rz",
      "95.85.Ry"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "external shocks",
      "early afterglow",
      "rapid x-ray declines",
      "grb light curves",
      "rapidly decelerating grb blast wave"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 731039
    }
  }
}