Radio emission from the unusual supernova 1998bw and its association with the γ-ray burst of 25 April 1998

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6703, 1998, Pages 663-669

  Kulkarni, S R ^a   Frail, D A ^b   Wieringa, M H ^c   Ekers, R D ^c   Sadler, E M ^d   Wark, R M ^c   Higdon, J L ^c   Phinney, E S ^a   Bloom, J S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

EID: 0032531945     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27139     Document Type: Article

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