Spectral constraints on the redshift of the optical counterpart to the γ-ray burst of 8 May 1997

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6636, 1997, Pages 878-880

  Metzger, M R ^a   Djorgovski, S G ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^a   Steidel, C C ^a   Adelberger, K L ^a   Frail, D A ^b   Costa, E ^c   Frontera, F ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030756961     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43132     Document Type: Article

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