Directed Relativistic Blast Wave

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dc.creatorGruzinov, Andrei
dc.date2007-04-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:57:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:57:55Z
dc.descriptionA spherically symmetrical ultra-relativistic blast wave is not an attractor of a generic asymmetric explosion. Spherical symmetry is reached only by the time the blast wave slows down to non-relativistic velocities, when the Sedov-Taylor-von Neumann attractor solution sets in. We show however, that a directed relativistic explosion, with the explosion momentum close to the explosion energy, produces a blast wave with a universal intermediate asymptotic -- a selfsimilar directed ultra-relativistic blast wave. This universality might be of interest for the astrophysics of gamma-ray burst afterglows.
dc.description9 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3081
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3081
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127823
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDirected Relativistic Blast Wave
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