The Bright Optical Afterglow of the Nearby Gamma-ray Burst of 29 March 2003

dc.contributor.authorPrice, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFox, Derek B
dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, Shrinivas R
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Brian
dc.contributor.authorSoderberg, A M
dc.contributor.authorYost, S A
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Edo
dc.contributor.authorDjorgovski, S G
dc.contributor.authorFrail, Dale A
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, F A
dc.contributor.authorSari, R
dc.contributor.authorBlain, A W
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:12:14Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:12:14Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T08:30:52Z
dc.description.abstractPast studies of cosmological γ-ray bursts (GRBs) have been hampered by their extreme distances, resulting in faint afterglows. A nearby GRB could potentially shed much light on the origin of these events, but GRBs with a redshift z ≤ 0.2 have been esti
dc.description.sponsorshipP.A.P. and B.P.S. thank the ARC for supporting Australian GRB research. GRB research at Caltech is supported in part by funds from NSF and NASA. We are indebted to S. Barthelmy and the GCN, as well as the HETE-II team for prompt alerts of GRB localizations.
dc.format13 pages
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/87960
dc.provenancehttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0028-0836/ Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing). On author's personal website, institutional repository and funder designated repository (Sherpa/Romeo as of 16/10/2018)
dc.publisherMacmillan Publishers Ltd
dc.rights© 2003 Nature Publishing Group.
dc.sourceNature
dc.subjectKeywords: Astrophysics; Cosmic rays; Explosions; Light emission; Cosmology; Gamma ray bursts (GRB); Gamma rays; astronomy; gamma ray radiation; article; astronomy; cosmos; gamma radiation; imaging; luminance; optics; priority journal; X ray
dc.titleThe Bright Optical Afterglow of the Nearby Gamma-ray Burst of 29 March 2003
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage847
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage844
local.contributor.affiliationPrice, Paul, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationFox, Derek B, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationKulkarni, Shrinivas R, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationPeterson, Bruce, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationSchmidt, Brian, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationSoderberg, A M, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationYost, S A, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationBerger, Edo, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationDjorgovski, S G, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationFrail, Dale A, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationHarrison, F A, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationSari, R, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationBlain, A W, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationChapman, Simon, University of Sydney
local.contributor.authoremailu8000960@anu.edu.au
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local.contributor.authoruidSchmidt, Brian, u9500253
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub17459
local.identifier.citationvolume423
local.identifier.doi10.1038/nature01734
local.identifier.essn1476-4687
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