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Significant and variable linear polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B

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  • E. Troja

    (University of Maryland, College Park
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • V. M. Lipunov

    (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, GSP-1
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute)

  • C. G. Mundell

    (University of Bath)

  • N. R. Butler

    (School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University)

  • A. M. Watson

    (Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • S. Kobayashi

    (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2 Building, Liverpool Science Park)

  • S. B. Cenko

    (University of Maryland, College Park
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • F. E. Marshall

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • R. Ricci

    (INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia)

  • A. Fruchter

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • M. H. Wieringa

    (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)

  • E. S. Gorbovskoy

    (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, GSP-1
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute)

  • V. Kornilov

    (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, GSP-1
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute)

  • A. Kutyrev

    (University of Maryland, College Park
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • W. H. Lee

    (Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • V. Toy

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • N. V. Tyurina

    (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, GSP-1
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute)

  • N. M. Budnev

    (Irkutsk State University, Applied Physics Institute)

  • D. A. H. Buckley

    (South African Astronomical Observatory)

  • J. González

    (Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • O. Gress

    (Irkutsk State University, Applied Physics Institute)

  • A. Horesh

    (Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University)

  • M. I. Panasyuk

    (Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov, Moscow State University)

  • J. X. Prochaska

    (University of California Observatories)

  • E. Ramirez-Ruiz

    (University of California Observatories)

  • R. Rebolo Lopez

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Via Lactea, s/n E38205)

  • M. G. Richer

    (Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • C. Román-Zúñiga

    (Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

  • M. Serra-Ricart

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Via Lactea, s/n E38205)

  • V. Yurkov

    (Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University)

  • N. Gehrels

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Abstract

The prompt optical flash produced by the γ-ray burst GRB 160625B is highly linearly polarized, suggesting that it is produced by fast-cooling synchrotron radiation in a large-scale magnetic field.

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  • E. Troja & V. M. Lipunov & C. G. Mundell & N. R. Butler & A. M. Watson & S. Kobayashi & S. B. Cenko & F. E. Marshall & R. Ricci & A. Fruchter & M. H. Wieringa & E. S. Gorbovskoy & V. Kornilov & A. Kut, 2017. "Significant and variable linear polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B," Nature, Nature, vol. 547(7664), pages 425-427, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:547:y:2017:i:7664:d:10.1038_nature23289
    DOI: 10.1038/nature23289
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