@inproceedings{1563e3b64eb246239f787e923073135a,
title = "The impact of relativistic fireballs on an external medium: A new model for {"}cosmological{"}-gamma-ray burst emission",
abstract = " The expansion energy of a relativistic fireball can be reconverted into radiation when it interacts with an external medium. For expansion with Lorentz factors ≳10 3 into a typical galactic environment, the corresponding time-scale in the frame of the observer is of the order of seconds. This mechanism would operate in any cosmological scenario of gamma-ray bursts invoking initial energies of order a per cent of a stellar rest mass, and implies photon energies and time-scales compatible with those observed in gamma-ray bursts.",
author = "Rees, {M. J.} and P. M{\'e}sz{\'a}ros",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1993 American Institute of Physics.; Compton Symposium ; Conference date: 15-10-1992 Through 17-10-1992",
year = "1993",
doi = "10.1063/1.44213",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
pages = "987--991",
editor = "Neil Gehrels and Friedlander, {Michael W.} and Macomb, {Daryl J.}",
booktitle = "Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory",
}