GRB 990712: First indication of polarization variability in a gamma-ray burst afterglow

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 544, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 707-711

  Rol, E ^a   Wijers, R A M J ^b   Vreeswijk, P M ^a   Kaper, L ^a   Galama, T J ^c   Van Paradijs, J ^a,d   Kouveliotou, C ^e   Masetti, N ^f   Pian, E ^f   Palazzi, E ^f   Frontera, F ^f,g   Van Den Heuvel, E P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Polarization; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242465492     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317256     Document Type: Article

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