The Afterglow, Energetics, and Host Galaxy of the Short-hard Gamma-ray Burst 051221a
Date
2006
Authors
Soderberg, A M
Berger, Edo
Kasliwal, M M
Frail, Dale A
Price, Paul Antony
Schmidt, Brian
Kulkarni, Shrinivas R
Fox, Derek B
Cenko, Stephen B
Gal-Yam, Avishay
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IOP Publishing
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We present detailed optical, X-ray, and radio observations of the bright afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst 051221 a obtained with Gemini, Swift XRT, and the Very Large Array, as well as optical spectra from which we measure the redshift of the burst,
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Keywords: Gamma rays: bursts
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Astrophysical Journal, The
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Open Access