Very early optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts: Evidence for relative paucity of detection

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1416-1422

  Roming, Peter W A ^a   Schady, Patricia ^a,b   Fox, Derek B ^a,c   Zhang, Bing ^d   Liang, Enwei ^d   Mason, Keith O ^b   Evert, Rol ^e   Burrows, David N ^a   Blustin, Alex J ^b   Boyd, Patricia T ^f,g   Brown, Peter ^a   Holland, Stephen T ^f,h   Mcgowan, Katherine ^b   Landsman, Wayne B ^f   Page, Kim L ^e   Rhoads, James E ⁱ   Rosen, Simon R ^b   Berk, Daniel Vanden ^a   Barthelmy, Scott D ^f   Breeveld, Alice A ^b   Cucchiara, Antonino ^a   De Pasquale, Massimiliano ^b   Fenimore, Edward E ^j   Gehrels, Neil ^f   Gronwall, Caryl ^a   Grupe, Dirk ^a   Goad, Michael R ^e   Ivanushkina, Mariya ^a,k   James, Cynthia ^b   Kennea, Jamie A ^a   Kobayashi, Shiho ^a   Mangano, Vanessa ^l   Mészáros, Peter ^a   Morgan, Adam N ^a   Nousek, John A ^a   Osborne, Julian P ^e   Palmer, David M ^j   Poole, Tracey ^b   Still, Martin D ^f,h   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^m   Zane, Silvia ^b   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

ⁱ STScI   (United States)

^j LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Brigham Young University   (United States)

^l INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^m INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Bursts; Gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845865044     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508481     Document Type: Article

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