Probing the nature of dark GRBs with the exceptional burst GRB 060108(*)


Oates S. R., Mundell C. G., Piranomonte S., Page K. L., DE PASQUALE M., Monfardini A., ...Daha Fazla

NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS, cilt.121, sa.12, ss.1547-1548, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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We present observations of the optically dark burst GRB 060108, the 100th Swift burst. We find that the most likely explanation for the observed darkness is a combination of intrinsic faintness, a hard optical to X-ray spectrum and dust extinction.