Astrophysics: Bright X-ray flares in gamma-ray burst afterglows

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5742, 2005, Pages 1833-1835

  Burrows, D N ^a   Romano, P ^b   Falcone, A ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Zhang, B ^c   Moretti, A ^b   O'Brien, P T ^d   Goad, M R ^d   Campana, S ^b   Page, K L ^d   Angelini, L ^e,f   Barthelmy, S ^e   Beardmore, A P ^d   Capalbi, M ^g   Chincarini, G ^b,h   Cummings, J ^e   Cusumano, G ⁱ   Fox, D ^j   Giommi, P ^g   Hill, J E ^a   Kennea, J A ^a   Krimm, H ^e   Mangano, V ⁱ   Marshall, F ^e   Meszaros P ^a   Morris, D C ^a   Noysek, J A ^a   Osborne, J P ^d   Pagani, C ^a,b   Perri, M ^g   Tagliaferri, G ^b   Wells, A A ^d   Woosley, S ^k   Gehrels, N ^e   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁱ INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; GAMMA RAYS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AFTERGLOWS; GAMMA-RAY BURST (GRB); GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY FLARES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION BURST AFTERGLOW; LUMINANCE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 24944576567     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116168     Document Type: Article

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