Search for GRB related prompt optical emission and other fast varying objects with "pi of the Sky" detector

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 309, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 531-535

  Cwiok M ^a   Dominik, W ^a   Malek K ^b   Mankiewicz, L ^b   Mrowca Ciulacz J ^c   Nawrocki, K ^c   Piotrowski, L W ^a   Sitek, P ^c   Sokolowski M ^c   Wrochna, G ^c   Zarnecki A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Afterglows; Detectors; Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB); Mass photometry; Optical flashes; Robotic telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547303436     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9422-y     Document Type: Article

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