The unusual gamma-ray burst GRB 101225A explained as a minor body falling onto a neutron star

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7375, 2011, Pages 69-71

  Campana, S ^a   Lodato, G ^b   D'Avanzo, P ^a   Panagia, N ^c,d,e   Rossi, E M ^f   Valle, M Della ^g   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Antonelli, L A ^h   Covino, S ^a   Ghirlanda, G ^a   Ghisellini, G ^a   Melandri, A ^a   Pian, E ^i,j   Salvaterra, R ^k   Cusumano, G ^l   D'Elia, V ^h,m   Fugazza, D ^a   Palazzi, E ⁿ   Sbarufatti, B ^a   Vergani, S D ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^e SUPERNOVA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

ⁱ SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^l INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^m ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

ⁿ OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIDAL CYCLE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT; MASS; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 82555181645     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10592     Document Type: Article

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