Gamma ray bursts flares detected and observed by the Swift satellite

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1199-1207

  Chincarini, Guido ^a,b   Moretti, Alberto ^b   Romano, Patrizia ^a,b   Campana, Sergio ^b   Covino, Stefano ^b   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^b   Falcone, Abraham D ^c   Burrows, Davvid N ^c   Gehrels, Neil ^d   Mangano, Vanessa ^e   Cusumano, Giancarlo ^e   Perri, Matteo ^f   Giommi, Paolo ^f   Capalbi, Milvia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray bursts; GRB flares; Internal and external shock; Swift

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHOCK WAVES;

GAMMA RAY BURSTS; GRB FLARES; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SHOCK;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 35549004481     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.058     Document Type: Article

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