Highly polarized light from stable ordered magnetic fields in GRB 120308A
Highly polarized light from stable ordered magnetic fields in GRB 120308A
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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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.
First light from a γ-ray burster
On 8 March 2012 NASA's Swift satellite identified the γ-ray burster GRB120308A, initi...
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Highly polarized light from stable ordered magnetic fields in GRB 120308A
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1465864685
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1465864685
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature12814
