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Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 080916C

  • A. A. Abdo
  • , M. Ackermann
  • , M. Arimoto
  • , K. Asano
  • , W. B. Atwood
  • , M. Axelsson
  • , L. Baldini
  • , J. Ballet
  • , D. L. Band
  • , G. Barbiellini
  • , M. G. Baring
  • , D. Bastieri
  • , M. Battelino
  • , B. M. Baughman
  • , K. Bechtol
  • , F. Bellardi
  • , R. Bellazzini
  • , B. Berenji
  • , P. N. Bhat
  • , E. Bissaldi
  • R. D. Btandford, E. D. Bloom, G. Bogaert, J. R. Bogart, E. Bonamente, J. Bonnell, A. W. Borgland, A. Bouvier, J. Bregeon, A. Brez, M. S. Briggs, M. Brigida, P. Bruel, T. H. Burnett, D. Burrows, G. Busetto, G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, P. A. Caraveo, J. M. Casandjian, M. Ceccanti, C. Cecchi, A. Celotti, E. Charles, A. Chekhtman, C. C. Cheung, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, L. R. Cominsky, V. Connaughton, J. Conrad, L. Costamante, S. Cutini, M. DeKlotz, C. D. Dermer, A. De Angelis, F. De Palma, S. W. Digel, B. L. Dingus, E. Do Couto E Silva, P. S. Drell, R. Dubois, D. Dumora, Y. Edmonds, P. A. Evans, D. Fabiani, C. Farnier, C. Favuzzi, J. Finke, G. Fishman, W. B. Focke, M. Frailis, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Gehreis, S. Germani, B. Giebels, N. Giglietto, P. Giommi, F. Giordano, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, A. Goldstein, J. Granot, J. Greiner, I. A. Grenier, M. H. Grondin, J. E. Grove, L. Guillemot, S. Guiriec, G. Haller, Y. Hanabata, A. K. Harding, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, J. A. Hernando Morata, A. Hoover, R. E. Hughes, G. Jóhannesson, A. S. Johnson, R. P. Johnson, T. J. Johnson, W. N. Johnson, T. Kamae, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, A. Kavelaars, N. Kawai, H. Kelly, J. Kennea, M. Kerr, R. M. Kippen, J. Knödlseder, D. Kocevski, M. L. Kocian, N. Komin, C. Kouveliotou, F. Kuehn, M. Kuss, J. Lande, D. Landriu, S. Larsson, L. Latronico, C. Lavalley, B. Lee, S. H. Lee, M. Lemoine-Goumard, G. G. Lichti, F. Longo, F. Loparco, B. Lott, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, G. M. Madejski, A. Makeev, B. Marangelli, M. N. Mazziotta, S. McBreen, J. E. McEnery, S. McGlynn, C. Meegan, P. Mészaros, C. Meurer, P. F. Michelson, M. Minuti, N. Mirizzi, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, A. A. Moiseev, C. Monte, M. E. Monzani, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, T. Nakamori, D. Nelson, P. L. Nolan, J. P. Norris, E. Nuss, M. Ohno, T. Ohsugi, A. Okumura, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, J. F. Ormes, M. Ozaki, W. S. Paciesas, D. Paneque, J. H. Panetta, D. Parent, V. Pelassa, M. Pepe, M. Perri, M. Pesce-Rollins, V. Petrosian, M. Pinchera, F. Piron, T. A. Porter, R. Preece, S. Rainò, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, R. Rando, E. Rapposelli, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, N. Rea, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, T. Reposeur, L. C. Reyes, S. Ritz, L. S. Rochester, A. Y. Rodriguez, M. Roth, F. Ryde, H. F.W. Sadrozinski, D. Sanchez, A. Sander, P. M. Saz Parkinson, J. D. Scargle, T. L. Schalk, K. N. Segal, C. Sgrò, T. Shimokawabe, E. J. Siskind, D. A. Smith, P. D. Smith, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, M. Stamatikos, J. L. Starek, F. W. Stecker, H. Steinte, T. E. Stephens, M. S. Strickman, D. J. Suson, G. Tagliaferri, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, T. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, A. Tenze, J. B. Thayer, J. G. Thayer, D. J. Thompson, L. Tibaldo, D. F. Torres, G. Tosti, A. Tramacere, M. Turri, S. Tuvi, T. L. Usher, A. J. Van Der Horst, L. Vigiani, N. Vilchez, V. Vitale, A. Von Kienlin, A. P. Waite, D. A. Williams, C. Wilson-Hodge, B. L. Winer, K. S. Wood, X. F. Wu, R. Yamazaki, T. Ylinen, M. Ziegler
  • Naval Research Laboratory
  • Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • University of California at Santa Cruz
  • Oskar Klein Centre
  • Stockholm University
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Université Paris Diderot
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • University of Trieste
  • Rice University
  • University of Padua
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • École polytechnique
  • University of Perugia
  • Polytechnic University of Bari
  • University of Washington
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
  • International School for Advanced Studies
  • George Mason University
  • Université Montpellier 2
  • Sonoma State University
  • Italian Space Agency
  • Stellar Solutions Inc.
  • University of Udine
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires Bordeaux-Gradingnan (CENBG)
  • Université de Bordeaux
  • University of Leicester
  • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Hiroshima University
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Hertfordshire
  • CERN
  • Ohio State University
  • RIKEN
  • CNRS
  • Orbital Network Engineering
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Denver
  • JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
  • The University of Tokyo
  • University of California Observatories/Lick Observatories
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • University of Amsterdam
  • The University of Chicago
  • NASA Ames Research Center
  • NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc.
  • Purdue University Northwest
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
  • ICREA
  • Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Joint Center for Particle Nuclear Physics and Cosmology (J-CPNPC)
  • CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory
  • Linnaeus University

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Abstract

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are highly energetic explosions signaling the death of massive stars in distant galaxies. The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Observatory together record GRBs over a broad energy range spanning about 7 decades of gamma-ray energy. In September 2008, Fermi observed the exceptionally luminous GRB 080916C, with the largest apparent energy release yet measured. The high-energy gamma rays are observed to start later and persist longer than the lower energy photons. A simple spectral form fits the entire GRB spectrum, providing strong constraints on emission models. The known distance of the burst enables placing lower limits on the bulk Lorentz factor of the outflow and on the quantum gravity mass.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1688-1693
Number of pages6
JournalScience
Volume323
Issue number5922
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2009
Externally publishedYes

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