An infrared flash contemporaneous with the γ-rays of GRB 041219a

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7039, 2005, Pages 181-184

  Blake, C H ^a   Bloom, J S ^a,b   Starr, D L ^m   Falco, E E ^c   Skrutskie, M ⁱ   Fenimore, E E ^g   Duchene G ^l   Szentgyorgyi, A ^c   Hornstein, S ^j   Prochaska, J X ^d   McCabe, C ^k   Ghez, A ^j   Konopacky, Q ^j   Stapelfeldt, K ^k   Hurley, K ^e   Campbell, R ^f   Kassis, M ^f   Chaffee, F ^f   Gehrels, N ^h   Barthelmy, S ^h   Cummings, J R ^h   Hullinger, D ^h,n   Krimm, H A ^h,o   Markwardt, C B ^h,n   Palmer, D ^g   Parsons, A ^h   McLean, K ^g   Tueller, J ^h   more..

^a The Harvard College Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Keck Observatory   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^m GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION;

CENTRAL ENGINES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RAY BURST (GRB); HIGH-ENERGY EMISSIONS;

GAMMA RAYS;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 21044446361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03520     Document Type: Article

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