Detection of a very bright optical flare from the gamma-ray burst GRB 050904 at redshift 6.29

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 638, Issue 2 II, 2006, Pages

  Boer M ^a   Atteia, J L ^b   Damerdji, Y ^a,b   Gendre, B ^c   Klotz, A ^a,b   Stratta, G ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bursts; Gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644782831     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501048     Document Type: Article

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