RXTE observations of GRB afterglows

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Marshall, FE
Swank, J
Valinia, A
Corbet, R
Takeshima, T
Barthelmy, S
Robinson, C
Kouveliotou, C
Connaughton, V
Kippen, M
Preece, R
Bradt, H
Levine, A
Remillard, R
Smith, D
Hurley, K
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[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, High Energy Astrophys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Univ Space Res Assoc, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, High Energy Astrophys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
[5] MIT, Ctr Space Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[6] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00314-4
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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Variable X-ray sources that appear to be the afterglows of the strong gamma-ray bursts GRB 970616 and GRB 970828 have been discovered with the RXTE PCA. First seen less than 4 hours after the burst, the flux from the sources decreased with time. Although near the sensitivity Limit of the PCA, the sources are the brightest afterglows yet seen in X-rays. Similar observations of two other bursts did not detect ang afterglows. These results are part of a continuing collaboration between RXTE, BATSE, and IPN scientists to rapidly detect X-ray afterglows of bright gamma-ray bursts.
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