Early optical polarization of a gamma-ray burst afterglow

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5820, 2007, Pages 1822-1824

  Mundell, Carole G ^a,f   Steels, Iain A ^a   Smith, Robert J ^a   Kobayashi, Shiho ^a   Melandri, Andrea ^a   Guidorzi, Cristiano ^a,b,c   Gomboc, Andreja ^d   Mottram, Chris J ^a   Clarke, David ^e   Monfardini, Alessandro ^a,f   Carter, David ^a   Bersier, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 34147200078     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138484     Document Type: Article

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