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Title Fermi Observations of high-energy gamma-ray emissions from GRB 080916C
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Abdo, A A (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Ackermann, M (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Arimoto, M (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Asano, K (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Atwood, W B (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Axelsson, M (Stockholm U ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Baldini, L (INFN, Pisa) ; Ballet, J (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Band, D L (NASA, Goddard ; NASA, Goddard) ; Barbiellini, Guido (INFN, Trieste) ; Baring, Matthew G (Padua U ; INFN, Padua) ; Bastieri, Denis (Padua U ; INFN, Padua) ; Battelino, M (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Baughman, B M (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Bechtol, K (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Bellardi, F (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Bellazzini, R (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Berenji, B (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Bhat, P N (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Bissaldi, E (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Blandford, R D (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bloom, Elliott D (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bogaert, G (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Bogart, J R (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bonamente, E (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Bonnell, J (NASA, Goddard) ; Borgland, A W (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bouvier, A (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bregeon, J (INFN, Pisa) ; Brez, A (INFN, Pisa) ; Briggs, M S (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Brigida, M (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Bruel, P (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Burnett, Thompson H (Washington U., Seattle) ; Burrows, David N (Penn State U.) ; Busetto, Giovanni (Padua U ; INFN, Padua) ; Caliandro, G A (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Cameron, R A (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Caraveo, P A (IASF, Milan ; IASF, Milan) ; Casandjian, J M (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Ceccanti, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Cecchi, C (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Celotti, Annalisa (SISSA, Trieste) ; Charles, E (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Chekhtman, A (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Cheung, C.C.Teddy (NASA, Goddard) ; Chiang, J (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Ciprini, S (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Claus, R (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Cohen-Tanugi, Johann (Montpellier U.) ; Cominsky, Lynn R (Sonoma State U.) ; Connaughton, V (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Conrad, J (Stockholm U ; Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Costamante, L (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Cutini, S (ASDC, Frascati) ; DeKlotz, M (Stellar Solutions Inc.) ; Dermer, C D (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; De Angelis, Alessandro (INFN, Trieste) ; de Palma, F (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Digel, S W (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Dingus, B L (Los Alamos) ; do Couto e Silva, Eduardo (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Drell, P S (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Dubois, R (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Dumora, D (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Edmonds, Y (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Evans, P A (Leicester U.) ; Fabiani, D (INFN, Pisa) ; Farnier, C (Montpellier U.) ; Favuzzi, C (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Finke, Justin D (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Fishman, G (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Focke, W B (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Frailis, M (INFN, Trieste) ; Fukazawa, Y (Hiroshima U.) ; Funk, S (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Fusco, P (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Gargano, F (INFN, Bari) ; Gasparrini, D (ASDC, Frascati) ; Gehrels, N (Maryland U ; NASA, Goddard) ; Germani, S (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Giebels, B (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Giglietto, N (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Giommi, P (ASDC, Frascati) ; Giordano, F (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Glanzman, Thomas Lynn (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Godfrey, Gary L (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Goldstein, A (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Granot, J (Hertfordshire U.) ; Greiner, J (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Grenier, I A (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Grondin, M H (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Grove, J.Eric (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Guillemot, L (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Guiriec, S (Montpellier U.) ; Haller, G (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Hanabata, Y (Hiroshima U.) ; Harding, Alice K (NASA, Goddard) ; Hayashida, M (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Hays, Elizabeth A (NASA, Goddard) ; Hernando Morata, J A (CERN) ; Hoover, A (Los Alamos) ; Hughes, R E (Ohio State U.) ; Johannesson, G (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Johnson, A S (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Johnson, R P (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Johnson, T J (Maryland U ; NASA, Goddard) ; Johnson, W N (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Kamae, Tsuneyoshi (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Katagiri, H (Hiroshima U.) ; Kataoka, J (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Kavelaars, A (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Kawai, N (Wako, RIKEN ; Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Kelly, H (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Kennea, J (Penn State U.) ; Kerr, M (Washington U., Seattle) ; Kippen, R M (Los Alamos) ; Knodlseder, J (Toulouse, CESR) ; Kocevski, D (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Kocian, M L (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Komin, N (Montpellier U ; DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Kouveliotou, C (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Kuehn, Frederick Gabriel Ivar (Ohio State U.) ; Kuss, Michael (INFN, Pisa) ; Lande, J (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Landriu, D (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Larsson, S (Stockholm U ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Latronico, L (INFN, Pisa) ; Lavalley, C (Montpellier U.) ; Lee, B (Orbital Network Engineering) ; Lee, S H (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Lemoine-Goumard, M (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Lichti, G G (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Longo, F (INFN, Trieste) ; Loparco, F (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Lott, B (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Lovellette, M N (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Lubrano, Pasquale (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Madejski, G M (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Makeev, A (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Marangelli, B (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Mazziotta, M N (INFN, Bari) ; McBreen, Sheila (University Coll., Dublin ; Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; McEnery, J E (NASA, Goddard) ; McGlynn, S (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Meegan, C (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Miszaros, P (Penn State U.) ; Meurer, C (Stockholm U ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Michelson, P F (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Minuti, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Mirizzi, N (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Mitthumsiri, W (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Mizuno, T (Hiroshima U.) ; Moiseev, A A (NASA, Goddard) ; Monte, C (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Monzani, M E (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Moretti, E (INFN, Trieste) ; Morselli, A (Frascati) ; Moskalenko, Igor Vladimirovich (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Murgia, Simona (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Nakamori, T (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Nelson, D (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Nolan, P L (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Norris, J P (Denver U.) ; Nuss, E (Montpellier U.) ; Ohno, M (JAXA, Sagamihara) ; Ohsugi, Takashi (Hiroshima U.) ; Okumura, Akira (Tokyo U.) ; Omodei, N (INFN, Pisa) ; Orlando, E (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Ormes, J F (Denver U.) ; Ozaki, M (JAXA, Sagamihara) ; Paciesas, W S (Alabama U., Huntsville) ; Paneque, D (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Panetta, J H (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Parent, D (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Pelassa, V (Montpellier U.) ; Pepe, M (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Perri, M (ASDC, Frascati) ; Pesce-Rollins, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Petrosian, Vahe (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Pinchera, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Piron, F (Montpellier U.) ; Porter, Troy A (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Preece, R (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Rainr, S (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Ramirez-Ruiz, E (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Rando, R (Padua U ; INFN, Padua) ; Rapposelli, E (INFN, Pisa) ; Razzano, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Razzaque, Soebur (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Rea, N (Barcelona, IEEC) ; Reimer, A (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Reimer, O (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Reposeur, Thierry (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Reyes, Luis C (Chicago U.) ; Ritz, S (Maryland U ; NASA, Goddard) ; Rochester, L S (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Rodriguez, A Y (Barcelona, IEEC) ; Roth, M (Washington U., Seattle) ; Ryde, F (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Sadrozinski, H F W (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Sanchez, D (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Sander, A (Ohio State U.) ; Parkinson, P.M.Saz (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Scargle, J D (NASA, Ames) ; Schalk, T L (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Segal, K N (NASA, Goddard) ; Sgro, C (INFN, Pisa) ; Shimokawabe, T (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) ; Siskind, E J (Friends Academy, Locust Valley) ; Smith, D A (CENBG, Gradignan ; CENBG, Gradignan) ; Smith, P D (Ohio State U.) ; Spandre, G (INFN, Pisa) ; Spinelli, P (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Stamatikos, M (NASA, Goddard) ; Starck, Jean-Luc (DAPNIA, Saclay) ; Stecker, Floyd William (NASA, Goddard) ; Steinle, H (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Stephens, T E (NASA, Goddard) ; Strickman, M S (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Suson, Daniel J (Purdue U.) ; Tagliaferri, G. ; Tajima, Hiroyasu (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Takahashi, H (Hiroshima U.) ; Takahashi, T (JAXA, Sagamihara) ; Tanaka, T (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Tenze, A (INFN, Pisa) ; Thayer, J B (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Thayer, J G (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Thompson, D J (NASA, Goddard) ; Tibaldo, L (Padua U ; INFN, Padua) ; Torres, Diego F (ICREA, Barcelona ; Barcelona, IEEC) ; Tosti, G (Perugia U ; INFN, Perugia) ; Tramacere, A (CIFS, Turin ; Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Turri, M (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Tuvi, S (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Usher, T L (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; van der Horst, A J (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Vigiani, L (INFN, Pisa) ; Vilchez, N (Toulouse, CESR) ; Vitale, V (Rome U.,Tor Vergata ; Frascati) ; von Kienlin, A (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Waite, A P (Stanford U., Phys. Dept ; KIPAC, Menlo Park ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Williams, D A (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Wilson-Hodge, C (Northrop Space Labs, Huntsville) ; Winer, B L (Ohio State U.) ; Wood, K S (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Wu, X F (Purple Mountain Observ ; Nanjing U ; Penn State U.) ; Yamazaki, R (Hiroshima U.) ; Ylinen, T (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Ziegler, M (UC, Santa Cruz)

Publication 2009
In: Science 323 (2009) 1688-1693
DOI 10.1126/science.1169101
Subject category Astrophysics and Astronomy
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 gammaray 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.

Corresponding record in: Inspire


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