The sub-energetic γ-ray burst GRB 031203 as a cosmic analogue to the nearby GRB 980425

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7000, 2004, Pages 648-650

  Soderberg, A M ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^a   Berger, E ^a   Fox, D W ^a   Sako, M ^b   Frail, D A ^c   Gai Yam, A ^a   Moon, D S ^a   Cenko, S B ^a   Yost, S A ^a   Phillips, M M ^d   Persson, S E ^d   Freedman, W L ^d   Wyatt, P ^d   Jayawardhana, R ^e   Paulson, D ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY; COSMIC RAYS; X RAYS;

ASTRONOMERS; COSMOLOGICAL DISTANCE; REDSHIFT;

GAMMA RAYS;

COSMIC RAY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALORIMETRY; COLLIMATOR; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 4043152867     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02757     Document Type: Article

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