The unusual afterglow of the γ-ray burst of 26 March 1998 as evidence for a supernova connection

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6752, 1999, Pages 453-456

  Bloom, J S ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^a   Djorgovski, S G ^a   Elchelberger, A C ^a   Cote P ^a   Blakeslee, J P ^a   Odewahn, S C ^a   Harrison, F A ^a   Frall, D A ^b   Filippenko, A V ^c   Leonard, D C ^c   Riess, A G ^c   Spinrad, H ^c   Stern, D ^c   Bunker, A ^c   Dey, A ^c   Grossan, B ^d   Perlmutter, S ^e   Knop, R A ^e   Hook, I M ^f   Feroci, M ^g   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033619229     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46744     Document Type: Article

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