Publication Date:
2013-11-23
Description:
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are an extremely rare outcome of the collapse of massive stars and are typically found in the distant universe. Because of its intrinsic luminosity (L ~ 3 x 10(53) ergs per second) and its relative proximity (z = 0.34), GRB 130427A reached the highest fluence observed in the gamma-ray band. Here, we present a comprehensive multiwavelength view of GRB 130427A with Swift, the 2-meter Liverpool and Faulkes telescopes, and by other ground-based facilities, highlighting the evolution of the burst emission from the prompt to the afterglow phase. The properties of GRB 130427A are similar to those of the most luminous, high-redshift GRBs, suggesting that a common central engine is responsible for producing GRBs in both the contemporary and the early universe and over the full range of GRB isotropic energies.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maselli, A -- Melandri, A -- Nava, L -- Mundell, C G -- Kawai, N -- Campana, S -- Covino, S -- Cummings, J R -- Cusumano, G -- Evans, P A -- Ghirlanda, G -- Ghisellini, G -- Guidorzi, C -- Kobayashi, S -- Kuin, P -- La Parola, V -- Mangano, V -- Oates, S -- Sakamoto, T -- Serino, M -- Virgili, F -- Zhang, B-B -- Barthelmy, S -- Beardmore, A -- Bernardini, M G -- Bersier, D -- Burrows, D -- Calderone, G -- Capalbi, M -- Chiang, J -- D'Avanzo, P -- D'Elia, V -- De Pasquale, M -- Fugazza, D -- Gehrels, N -- Gomboc, A -- Harrison, R -- Hanayama, H -- Japelj, J -- Kennea, J -- Kopac, D -- Kouveliotou, C -- Kuroda, D -- Levan, A -- Malesani, D -- Marshall, F -- Nousek, J -- O'Brien, P -- Osborne, J P -- Pagani, C -- Page, K L -- Page, M -- Perri, M -- Pritchard, T -- Romano, P -- Saito, Y -- Sbarufatti, B -- Salvaterra, R -- Steele, I -- Tanvir, N -- Vianello, G -- Wiegand, B -- Wiersema, K -- Yatsu, Y -- Yoshii, T -- Tagliaferri, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 Jan 3;343(6166):48-51. doi: 10.1126/science.1242279. Epub 2013 Nov 21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF) Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153 I-90146 Palermo, Italy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24263134" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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