The effect of magnetic fields on γ-ray bursts inferred from multi- wavelength observations of the burst of 23 January 1999

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6726, 1999, Pages 394-399

  Galama, T J ^a   Briggs, M S ^b   Wijers, R A M J ^c   Vreeswijk, P M ^a   Rol, E ^a   Band, D ^d   Van Paradijs, J ^a,b   Kouveliotou, C ^e   Preece, R D ^b   Bremer, M ^f   Smith, I A ^g   Tilanus, R P J ^h   De Bruyn, A G ^i,j   Strom, R G ^a,i   Pooley, G ^k   Castro Tirado, A J ^l,m   Tanvir, N ^n,o   Robinson, C ^ab   Hurley, K ^p   Heise, J ^q   Telting, J ^r   Rutten, R G M ^r   Packham, C ^r   Swaters, R ^j   Davies, J K ^h   Fassia, A ^s   Green, S F ^t   Foster, M J ^t   Sagar, R ^u   Pandey, A K ^u   Nilakshi, ^u   Yadav, R K S ^u   Ofek, E O ^v   Leibowitz, E ^v   Ibbetson, P ^v   Rhoads, J ^w   Falco, E ^x   Petry, C ^y   Impey, C ^y   Geballe, T R ^z   Bhattacharya, D ^aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f IRAM   (France)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k CAVENDISH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^l CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^m INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^r ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^s IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^u Uttar Pradesh State Observatory   (India)

^v TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^w KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^x HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^z GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^aa RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^ab NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033118619     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18828     Document Type: Article

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