A case of mistaken identity? GRB 060912A and the nature of the long-short GRB divide

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1439-1446

  Levan, A J ^a   Jakobsson, P ^b   Hurkett, C ^c   Tanvir, N R ^c   Gorosabel, J ^d   Vreeswijk, P ^e   Rol, E ^c   Chapman, R ^b   Gehrels, N ^f   O'Brien, P T ^c   Osborne, J P ^c   Priddey, R S ^b   Kouveliotou, C ^g   Starling, R ^c   Berk, D Vanden ^h   Wiersema, K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS;

DEEP OPTICAL IMAGING; ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS BURSTS; LONG DURATION; LOWER ENERGIES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PROPERTY; RED SHIFT; SHORT BURSTS; SHORT DURATIONS;

STARS;

EID: 34547525738     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11879.x     Document Type: Article

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