Mechanical Model for Relativistic Blast Waves

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2006-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607641v2

Astrophys.J.651:L1-L4,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, accepted to ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/508807

Relativistic blast waves can be described by a mechanical model. In this model, the "blast" -- the compressed gas between the forward and reverse shocks -- is viewed as one hot body. Equations governing its dynamics are derived from conservation of mass, energy, and momentum. Simple analytical solutions are obtained in the two limiting cases of ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic reverse shock. Equations are derived for the general explosion problem.

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