Structure in the early afterglow light curve of the γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6942, 2003, Pages 843-844

  Uemura, Makoto ^a   Kato, Taichi ^a   Ishioka, Ryoko ^a   Yamaoka, Hitoshi ^b   Monard, Berto ^c   Nogami, Daisaku ^a   Maehara, Hiroyuki ^d   Sugie, Atsushi ^e   Takahashi, Susumu ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Bronberg Observatory   (South Africa)

^d VSOLJ   (Japan)

^e Dynic Astronomical Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EXPLOSIONS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

GAMMA RAY BURSTS (GRB);

GAMMA RAYS;

ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LIGHT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037628979     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01735     Document Type: Article

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