Detection of GRB 060927 at z = 5.47: Implications for the use of gamma-ray bursts as probes of the end of the dark ages

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Ruiz Velasco, A E ^a,b   Swan, H ^c   Troja, E ^d,e,f   Malesani, D ^a   Fynbo, J P U ^a   Starling, R L C ^d   Xu, D ^a   Aharonian, F ^g   Akerlof, C ^c   Andersen, M I ^h   Ashley, M C B ⁱ   Barthelmy, S D ^j   Bersier, D ^k   Castro, J M Cerón ^a   Castro Tirado, A J ^l   Gehrels, N ^j   Gogus E ^m   Gorosabel, J ^l   Guidorzi, C ^k,n   Guver T ^o   Hjorth, J ^a   Horns, D ^g   Huang, K Y ^p   Jakobsson, P ^q   Jensen, B L ^a   Kiziloglu U ^r   Kouveliotou, C ^s   Krimm, H A ^j,t   Ledoux, C ^u   Levan, A J ^v   Marsh, T ^v   McKay, T ^c   Melandri, A ^k   Milvang Jensen, B ^a   Mundell, C G ^k   O'Brien, P T ^e   Ozel M ^w   Phillips, A ⁱ   Quimby, R ^x   Rowell, G ^g   Rujopakarn, W ^y   Rykoff, E S ^c   Schaefer, B E ^z   Sollerman, J ^a   Tanvir, N R ^d   Thone C C ^a   Urata, Y ^aa   Vestrand, W T ^ab   Vreeswijk, P M ^u   Watson, D ^a   Wheeler, J C ^x   Wijers, R A M J ^ac   Wren, J ^ab   Yost, S A ^c   Yuan, F ^c   Zhai, M ^ad   Zheng, W K ^ad   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^h ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^m SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^o ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^r MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^u EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^w ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^x UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^z LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ad CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Gamma rays: bursts (GRB 060927)

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049150729     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521546     Document Type: Article

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