GRB 061121: Broadband spectral evolution through the prompt and afterglow phases of a bright burst

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 663, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 1125-1138

  Page, K L ^a   Willingale, R ^a   Osborne, J P ^a   Zhang, B ^b   Godet, O ^a   Marshall, F E ^c   Melandri, A ^d   Norris, J P ^e,f   O'Brien, P T ^a   Pal'shin, V ^g   Rol, E ^a   Romano, P ^h,i   Starling, R L C ^a   Schady, P ^j   Yost, S A ^k   Barthelmy, S D ^c   Beardmore, A P ^a   Cusumano, G ^l   Burrows, D N ^m   De Pasquale, M ^j   Ehle, M ⁿ   Evans, P A ^a   Gehrels, N ^c   Goad, M R ^a   Golenetskii, S ^g   Guidorzi, C ^h,i   Mundell, C ^d   Page, M J ^j   Ricker, G ^o   Sakamoto, T ^c   Schaefer, B E ^p   Stamatikos, M ^c   Troja, E ^a,l   Ulanov, M ^g   Yuan, F ^k   Ziaeepour, H ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^l INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^o MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; X rays: individual (GRB 061121)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547485368     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518821     Document Type: Article

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