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Scoping out the homes of gamma-ray bursts
Astronomers have begun to identify the galaxies where energetic gamma-ray bursts originate.
References:
Djorgovski, S.G., S.R. Kulkarni, J.S. Bloom, et al. 1999. Spectroscopy of the host galaxy. GCN GRB Observation Report #189. Available at http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/gamcosray/legr/bacodine/other/980613.gcn3.
Eichelberger, A.C., J.S. Bloom, S.R. Kulkarni, et al. 1998. Optical observations. GCN GRB Observation Report #176. Available at http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/gcn3/176.gcn3.
Schaefer, B.E. 1999. Severe new limits on the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts. Astrophysical Journal Letters 511(Feb. 1).
Sources:
Joshua S. Bloom
California Institute of Technology
Department of Astronomy
Mailstop Code 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125
S. George Djorgovski
California Institute of Technology
Department of Astronomy
Mailstop Code 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
California Institute of Technology
Department of Astronomy
Mailstop Code 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125
Bradley E. Schaefer
Yale University
Physics Department
JWG 463
New Haven, CT 06520-8121
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 4, January 23, 1999, p. 53. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
