Early-time photometry and spectroscopy of the fast evolving SN 2006aj associated with GRB 060218

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 645, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Modjaz, M ^a   Stanek, K Z ^b   Garnavich, P M ^c   Berlind, P ^d   Blondin, S ^a   Brown, W ^a   Calkins, M ^d   Challis, P ^a   Diamond Stanic, A M ^e   Hao, H ^a   Hicken, M ^a   Kirshner, R P ^a   Prieto, J L ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Gamma rays: bursts; Supernovae: general; Supernovae: individual (SN 2006aj)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746914367     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505906     Document Type: Article

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