Discovery of an X-ray afterglow associated with the γ-ray burst of 28 February 1997

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6635, 1997, Pages 783-785

  Costa, E ^a   Frontera, F ^a,b   Heise, J ^c   Feroci, M ^a   In 'T Zand, J ^c   Fiore, F ^d,e   Cinti, M N ^a   Dal Fiume, D ^a   Nicastro, L ^a   Orlandini, M ^a   Palazzi, E ^a   Rapisarda, M ^a,f   Zavattini, G ^b   Jager, R ^c   Parmar, A ^g   Owens, A ^g   Molendi, S ^a   Cusumano, G ^a   Maccarone, M C ^a   Giarrusso, S ^a   Coletta, A ^d   Antonelli, L A ^d   Giommi, P ^d   Muller, J M ^c,d   Piro, L ^a   Butlers, R C ^h   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d BeppoSAX Science Data Center   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; X RAY;

EID: 0030958807     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42885     Document Type: Article

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