Unveiling cosmic X-ray/gamma-ray sources from their scattering screen
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2010-11-02 v1
Abstract
This Commentary discusses the widespread impact of the milestone 1980 paper by Sunyaev and Titarchuk on Comptonization and points out a new possible application to the temporal broadening of the most distant Gamma Ray Bursts.
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@article{arxiv.0912.5534,
title = {Unveiling cosmic X-ray/gamma-ray sources from their scattering screen},
author = {Jonathan E. Grindlay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.5534},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
2 pages. Invited commentary on Sunyaev and Titarchuk 1980, A&A, 86, 121, their classic paper on Comptonization, for the A&A anniversary issue