Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7106, 2006, Pages 1014-1017

  Soderberg, A M ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^a   Nakar, E ^a   Berger, E ^a   Cameron, P B ^a   Fox, D B ^b   Frail, D ^c   Gal Yam, A ^a   Sari, R ^a   Cenko, S B ^d   Kasliwal, M ^a   Chevalier, R A ^e   Piran, T ^f   Price, P A ^g   Schmidt, B P ^h   Pooley, G ⁱ   Moon, D S ^d   Penprase, B E ^j   Ofek, E ^a   Rau, A ^a   Gehrels, N ^k   Nousek, J A ^b   Burrows, D N ^b   Persson, S E ^a   McCarthy, P J ^a   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ CAVENDISH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; EXPLOSIONS; GALAXIES; SPACE RESEARCH; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

BLACK HOLE; COSMIC EXPLOSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LUMINOSITY; MAGNETAR; STARS; SUPERNOVA;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; EXPLOSION; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 33748290129     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05087     Document Type: Article

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