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Highly polarized light from stable ordered magnetic fields in GRB 120308A

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  • C. G. Mundell

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • D. Kopač

    (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska ulica 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • D. M. Arnold

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • I. A. Steele

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • A. Gomboc

    (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska ulica 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Centre of Excellence SPACE-SI, Aškerčeva cesta 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

  • S. Kobayashi

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • R. M. Harrison

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • R. J. Smith

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • C. Guidorzi

    (University of Ferrara, Via Saragat, 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy)

  • F. J. Virgili

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK)

  • A. Melandri

    (INAF/Brera Astronomical Observatory, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate (LC), Italy)

  • J. Japelj

    (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska ulica 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Abstract

The immediate optical afterglow of the γ-ray burst GRB 120308A is highly polarized, showing that γ-ray bursts contain magnetized baryonic jets with large-scale uniform fields that can survive long after the initial explosion.

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  • C. G. Mundell & D. Kopač & D. M. Arnold & I. A. Steele & A. Gomboc & S. Kobayashi & R. M. Harrison & R. J. Smith & C. Guidorzi & F. J. Virgili & A. Melandri & J. Japelj, 2013. "Highly polarized light from stable ordered magnetic fields in GRB 120308A," Nature, Nature, vol. 504(7478), pages 119-121, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:504:y:2013:i:7478:d:10.1038_nature12814
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12814
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