GRB's

[Chronos]

I am admittedly easily amused, but I found this new paper by Lazzati [who is fairly well respected in GRB research circles] fascinating. It has, IMO, other interesting ramifications - like SN light curves.

Thick fireballs and the steep decay in the early X-ray afterglow of gamma-ray bursts
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511658

Any thoughts?