An optical spectrum of the afterglow of a γ-ray burst at a redshift of z = 6.295

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7081, 2006, Pages 184-186

  Kawai, N ^a   Kosugi, G ^b   Aoki, K ^b   Yamada, T ^b   Totani, T ^c   Ohta, K ^c   Iye, M ^b   Hattori, T ^b   Aoki, W ^b   Furusawa, H ^b   Hurley, K ^d   Kawabata, K S ^e   Kobayashi, N ^f   Komiyama, Y ^b   Mizumoto, Y ^b   Nomoto, K ^f   Noumaru, J ^b   Ogasawara, R ^b   Sato, R ^a   Sekiguchi, K ^b   Shirasaki, Y ^b   Suzuki, M ^g   Takata, T ^b   Tamagawa, T ^g   Terada, H ^b   Watanabe, J ^b   Yatsu, Y ^a   Yoshida, A ^h   more..

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^h AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COSMIC RAYS; DAMPING; IONIZATION;

ABSORPTION LINES; REDSHIFT; Γ-RAY BURSTS (GRB);

GAMMA RAYS;

METAL; SILICON;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33644859765     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04498     Document Type: Article

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