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17 years 7 months ago #32185 by albertw
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Hi,

I was reading up on GRB's for an article and have gotten thorouhly confused by the concept of a jet break in a light curve. :?

Anyone able to post anexplanation of what the curve looks like and how they are theoretically caused?

Cheers,
~Al

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17 years 7 months ago #32186 by michaeloconnell
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<wwoooshhh>
Wha'...did something just fly waaay over my head??

:)

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17 years 7 months ago #32187 by albertw
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<wwoooshhh>
Wha'...did something just fly waaay over my head??

:)


Yep. I know this cause I saw it flying over my head earlier ;-)

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17 years 6 months ago #32275 by albertw
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Still understanding this but it seems that Relativistic Beaming causes the break.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_beaming

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17 years 6 months ago #32321 by dmcdona
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Yeh, I know all about this but I'm too tired to explain. Go with Wikipedia

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17 years 6 months ago #32322 by albertw
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Yeh, I know all about this but I'm too tired to explain. Go with Wikipedia


Thanks Dave :-)

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