Fermi-LAT Observations of the Gamma-ray Burst GRB 130427A

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The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature of such unique astrophysical sources. GRB 130427A had the largest fluence, highest-energy photon (95 GeV), longest \(\gamma\)-ray duration (20 hours), and one of the largest isotropic energy releases ever observed from a GRB. Temporal and spectral analyses of GRB 130427A challenge the widely accepted model that the non-thermal high-energy emission in the afterglow phase of GRBs is synchrotron emission radiated by electrons accelerated at an external shock.

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Publication date Created: 21 November 2013

Publication date Updated: 2013-12-09

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1242353

ArXiV ID: 1311.5623

SO-VID: 946e7d5b-81f9-45cf-a1b2-811d21c6178f

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Comments 30 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in Science. Corresponding authors: S. Zhu (sjzhu@umd.edu); J. Chiang (jchiang@slac.stanford.edu); C. Dermer (charles.dermer@nrl.navy.mil); N. Omodei (nicola.omodei@stanford.edu); G. Vianello (giacomov@slac.stanford.edu); S. Xiong (Shaolin.Xiong@uah.edu)

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