GRB 090423 at a redshift of z 8.1

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7268, 2009, Pages 1258-1260

  Salvaterra, R ^a   Valle, M Della ^b,c,d   Campana, S ^a   Chincarini, G ^a,e   Covino, S ^a   Davanzo, P ^a,e   Fernandez Soto A ^f   Guidorzi, C ^g   Mannucci, F ^h   Margutti, R ^a,e   Thone C C ^a   Antonelli, L A ⁱ   Barthelmy, S D ^j   De Pasquale, M ^k   Delia, V ⁱ   Fiore, F ⁱ   Fugazza, D ^a   Hunt, L K ^h   Maiorano, E ^l   Marinoni, S ^m,n   Marshall, F E ^j   Molinari, E ^a,m   Nousek, J ^o   Pian, E ^p,q   Racusin, J L ^o   Stella, L ⁱ   Amati, L ^l   Andreuzzi, G ^m   Cusumano, G ^r   Fenimore, E E ^s   Ferrero, P ^t   Giommi, P ^u   Guetta, D ⁱ   Holland, S T ^j,v,w   Hurley, K ^x   Israel, G L ⁱ   Mao, J ^a   Markwardt, C B ^j,w,y   Masetti, N ^l   Pagani, C ^o   Palazzi, E ^l   Palmer, D M ^r   Piranomonte, S ⁱ   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Testa, V ⁱ   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d ICRANET   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m FUNDACIÓN GALILEO GALILEI INAF   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^q SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^r INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^s LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^t THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

^u ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^w The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science amp Technology   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^y Bldg 142   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GAMMA RADIATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350678973     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08445     Document Type: Article

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