Radio and optical follow-up observations of a uniform radio transient search: Implications for gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 639, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 331-339

  Gal Yam, Avishay ^a   Ofek, Eran O ^b   Poznanski, Dovi ^b   Levinson, Amir ^b   Waxman, Eli ^c   Frail, Dale A ^d   Soderberg, Alicia M ^e   Nakar, Ehud ^e   Li, Weidong ^f   Filippenko, Alexei V ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Supernovae: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645000378     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499157     Document Type: Article

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