Broadband observations of the naked-eye γ-ray burst GRB 080319B

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7210, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Racusin, J L ^a   Karpov, S V ^b   Sokolowski, M ^c   Granot, J ^d   Wu, X F ^a,e   Pal'shin, V ^f   Covino, S ^g   Van Der Horst, A J ^h   Oates, S R ⁱ   Schady, P ⁱ   Smith, R J ^j   Cummings, J ^k   Starling, R L C ^l   Piotrowski, L W ^m   Zhang, B ⁿ   Evans, P A ^l   Holland, S T ^k,o   Malek, K ^p   Page, M T ⁱ   Vetere, L ^a   Margutti, R ^q   Guidorzi, C ^g,j   Kamble, A P ^r   Curran, P A ^r   Beardmore, A ^l   Kouveliotou, C ^s   Mankiewicz, L ^p   Melandri, A ^j   O'Brien, P T ^l   Page, K L ^l   Piran, T ^t   Tanvir, N R ^l   Wrochna, G ^c   Aptekar, R L ^f   Barthelmy, S ^k   Bartolini, C ^u   Beskin, G M ^b   Bondar, S ^v   Bremer, M ^w   Campana, S ^g   Castro Tirado, A ^x   Cucchiara, A ^a   Cwiok, M ^m   D'Avanzo, P ^g   D'Elia, V ^y   Valle, M Della ^z,aa   De Ugarte Postigo, A ^ab   Dominik, W ^m   Falcone, A ^a   Fiore, F ^y   Fox, D B ^a   Frederiks, D D ^f   Fruchter, A S ^ac   Fugazza, D ^g   Garrett, M A ^ad,ae,af   Gehrels, N ^k   Golenetskii, S ^f   Gomboc, A ^ag   Gorosabel, J ^x   Greco, G ^u   Guarnieri, A ^u   Immler, S ^k   Jelinek, M ^x   Kasprowicz, G ^ah   La Parola, V ^ai   Levan, A J ^aj   Mangano, V ^ai   Mazets, E P ^f   Molinari, E ^g   Moretti, A ^g   Nawrocki, K ^c   Oleynik, P P ^f   Osborne, J P ^l   Pagani, C ^a   Pandey, S B ^ak   Paragi, Z ^al   Perri, M ^am   Piccioni, A ^u   Ramirez Ruiz, E ^an   Roming, P W A ^a   Steele, I A ^j   Strom, R G ^r,ad   Testa, V ^y   Tosti, G ^ao   Ulanov, M V ^f   Wiersema, K ^l   Wijers, R A M J ^r   Winters, J M ^w   Zarnecki, A F ^m   Zerbi, F ^g   Meszaros P ^a   Chincarini, G ^g,q   Burrows, D N ^a   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^h NSSTC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^p CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^s NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^t HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^v Institute for Precise Instrumentation   (Russian Federation)

^w IRAM   (France)

^x INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^y INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^z EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^aa INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^ab EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^ac STScI   (United States)

^ad ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^ae LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^af SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^ah WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^ai INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^ak ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^al JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^am ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^an UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; SHOCK WAVE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GAMMA RADIATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51649126159     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07270     Document Type: Article

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