Gamma-ray bursts are produced predominately in the early universe

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 605, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 819-822

  Lin, J R ^a   Zhang, S N ^a,b,c,d   Li, T P ^a,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Early universe; Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542583973     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382503     Document Type: Article

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