A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7060, 2005, Pages 851-854

  Gehrels, N ^a   Sarazin, C L ^b   O'Brien, P T ^c   Zhang, B ^d   Barbier, L ^a   Barthelmy, S D ^a   Blustin, A ^e   Burrows, D N ^f   Cannizzo, J ^a,g   Cummings, J R ^a,h   Goad, M ^c   Holland, S T ^a,i   Hurkett, C P ^c   Kennea, J A ^f   Levan, A ^c   Markwardt, C B ^a,j   Mason, K O ^e   Meszaros, P ^f   Page, M ^e   Palmer, D M ^k   Rol, E ^c   Sakamoto, T ^a,h   Willingale, R ^c   Angelini, L ^a,g   Beardmore, A ^c   Boyd, P T ^a,g   Breeveld, A ^e   Campana, S ^l   Chester, M M ^f   Chincarini, G ^l,m   Cominsky, L R ⁿ   Cusumano, G ^o   De Pasquale, M ^e   Fenimore, E E ^k   Giommi, P ^p   Gronwall, C ^f   Grupe, D ^f   Hill, J E ^f   Hinshaw, D ^a,q   Hjorth, J ^r   Hullinger, D ^a,j   Hurley, K C ^s   Klose, S ^t   Kobayashi, S ^f   Kouveliotou, C ^u   Krimm, H A ^a,i   Mangano, V ^l   Marshall, F E ^a   McGowan, K ^e   Moretti, A ^l   Mushotzky, R F ^a   Nakazawa, K ^v   Norris, J P ^a   Nousek, J A ^f   Osborne, J P ^c   Page, K ^c   Parsons, A M ^a   Patel, S ^w   Perri, M ^p   Poole, T ^e   Romano, P ^l   Roming, P W A ^f   Rosen, S ^e   Sato, G ^v   Schady, P ^e   Smale, A P ^x   Sollerman, J ^y   Starling, R ^z   Still, M ^a,i   Suzuki, M ^aa   Tagliaferri, G ^l   Takahashi, T ^v   Tashiro, M ^aa   Tueller, J ^a   Wells, A A ^c   White, N E ^a   Wijers, R A M J ^z   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁿ SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^p ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^q SP Systems Inc   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

^u NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^v JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^w UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^x NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^y STOCKHOLM OBSERVATORY   (Sweden)

^z UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^aa SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; X RAYS;

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (GRB); OPTICAL AFTERGLOW; REDSHIFTS; X-RAY AFTERGLOW;

GAMMA RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RADIATION; LUMINANCE; NEUTRON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 27144514711     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04142     Document Type: Article

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