Evidence for a canonical gamma-ray burst afterglow light curve in the Swift XRT data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 642, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 389-400

  Nousek, A ^a   Kouveliotou, C ^b   Grupe, D ^a   Page, K L ^c   Granot, J ^d   Ramirez Ruiz, E ^e,f   Patel, S K ^b,g   Burrows, D N ^a   Mangano, V ^h   Barthelmy, S ⁱ   Beardmore, A P ^c   Campana, S ^j   Capalbi, M ^k   Chincarini, G ^j,l   Cusumano, G ^h   Falcone, A D ^a   Gehrels, N ⁱ   Giommi, P ^k   Goad, M R ^c   Godet, O ^c   Hurkett, C P ^c   Kennea, J A ^a   Moretti, A ^j   O'Brien, P T ^c   Osborne, J P ^c   Romand, P ^j   Tagliaferri, G ^j   Wells, A A ^c   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^f Chandra Fellow ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^k ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745293262     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500724     Document Type: Article

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