Observation of contemporaneous optical radiation from a γ-ray burst

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6726, 1999, Pages 400-402

  Akerlof, C ^a   Balsano, R ^b   Barthelmy, S ^c,d   Bloch, J ^b   Butterworth, P ^c,e   Casperson, D ^b   Cline, T ^c   Fletcher, S ^b   Frontera, F ^f   Gisler, G ^b   Heise, J ^g   Hills, J ^b   Kehoe, R ^a   Lee, B ^a   Marshall, S ^h   McKay, T ^a   Miller, R ^b   Piro, L ⁱ   Priedhorsky, W ^b   Szymanski, J ^b   Wren, J ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033119108     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18837     Document Type: Article

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