X-ray flares in early GRB afterglows

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1854, 2007, Pages 1213-1226

  Burrows, D N ^a   Falcone, A ^a   Chincarini, G ^b,c   Morris, D ^a   Romano, P ^b   Hill, J E ^d,e   Godet, O ^f   Moretti, A ^b   Krimm, H ^d   Osborne, J P ^f   Racusin, J ^a   Mangano, V ^g   Page, K ^f   Perri, M ^h   Stroh, M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h ASI Science Data Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray burst afterglows; Gamma ray bursts; X ray flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247256796     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1970     Document Type: Article

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