Looking into the fireball: Rotse-III and swift observations of early gamma-ray burst afterglows

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 702, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 489-505

  Rykoff, E S ^a   Aharonian, F ^b   Akerlof, C W ^c   Ashley, M C B ^d   Barthelmy, S D ^e   Flewelling, H A ^c   Gehrels, N ^e   Gogus E ^f   Guver T ^g   Kiziloglu U ^h   Krimm, H A ^e,i   McKay, T A ^c   Ozel M ^j   Phillips, A ^d   Quimby, R M ^k   Rowell, G ^l   Rujopakarn, W ^g   Schaefer, B E ^m   Smith, D A ⁿ   Vestrand, W T ^o   Wheeler, J C ^p   Wren, J ^o   Yuan, F ^c   Yost, S A ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^j CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^m LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^o LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^q ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449596497     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/489     Document Type: Article

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