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GRB 080407: an ultra-long burst discovered by the IPN

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 نشر من قبل Valentin Pal'shin
 تاريخ النشر 2013
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We present observations of the extremely long GRB 080704 obtained with the instruments of the Interplanetary Network (IPN). The observations reveal two distinct emission episodes, separated by a ~1500 s long period of quiescence. The total burst duration is about 2100 s. We compare the temporal and spectral characteristics of this burst with those obtained for other ultra-long GRBs and discuss these characteristics in the context of different models.



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