X-ray flares in the early Swift observations of the possible naked gamma-ray burst 050421

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 452, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 819-825

  Godet, O ^a   Page, K L ^a   Osborne, J P ^a   O'Brien, P T ^a   Burrows, D N ^a   Hill, J E ^f,i   Zhang, B ^h   Beardmore, A P ^a   Angelini, L ^f   Capalbi, M ^c   Cummings, J ^f,g   Gehrels, N ^f   Goad, M R ^a   Kennea, J A ^b   Mangano, V ^d   Moretti, A ^e   Morris, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray: bursts

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT FLUX; LIGHT EMISSION;

DETECTION THRESHOLD; EMISSION SPECTRUM; X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY SPECTRAL SOFTENING;

X RAYS;

EID: 33745590417     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054435     Document Type: Article

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