Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long γ-ray burst

Journal
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
MAGIC Collaboration
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Acciari, V. A.
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Ansoldi, S.
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Engels, A. Arbet
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Baack, D.
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Babić, A.
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Banerjee, B.
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Barres de Almeida, U.
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Barrio, J. A.
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Becerra González, J.
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Kankare, E.
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Kann, D. A.
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Kouveliotou, C.
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Klose, S.
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Levan, A. J.
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Chilingaryan, A.
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Li, X. Y.
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Maguire, K.
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Mirzoyan, R.
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von Kienlin, A.
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Malesani, D. B.
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Manulis, I.
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Martin, S.
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Michałowski, M. J.
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Miller-Jones, J. C. A.
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Cikota, S.
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Misra, K.
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Moin, A.
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Wilson-Hodge, C. A.
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Molina, E.
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Mooley, K. P.
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Nasri, S.
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Nicholl, M.
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Noschese, A.
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Novara, G.
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Pandey, S. B.
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Peretti, E.
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Pérez Del Pulgar, C. J.
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Colak, S. M.
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Kocevski, D.
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Pérez-Torres, M. A.
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Bednarek, W.
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Perley, D. A.
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Ragosta, F.
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Resmi, L.
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Selsing, J.
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Arimoto, M.
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Schulze, S.
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Colin, U.
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Moralejo, A.
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Smartt, S. J.
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Smith, I. A.
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Sokolov, V. V.
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Stevens, J.
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Tanvir, N. R.
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Thöne, C. C.
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Tiengo, A.
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Tak, D.
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Tremou, E.
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Troja, E.
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de Ugarte Postigo, A.
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Morcuende, D.
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Colombo, E.
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Valeev, A. F.
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Vergani, S. D.
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Wieringa, M.
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Woudt, P. A.
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Xu, D.
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Asano, K.
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Yaron, O.
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Young, D. R.
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Contreras, J. L.
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Cortina, J.
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Moreno, V.
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D'Elia, V.
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da Vela, P.
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de Angelis, A.
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Axelsson, M.
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de Lotto, B.
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Delfino, M.
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Delgado, J.
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Depaoli, D.
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di Pierro, F.
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Moretti, E.
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di Venere, L.
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Do Souto Espiñeira, E.
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Dominis Prester, D.
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Donini, A.
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Barbiellini, G.
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Dorner, D.
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Doro, M.
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Elsaesser, D.
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Fallah Ramazani, V.
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Fattorini, A.
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Ferrara, G.
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Munar-Adrover, P.
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Fidalgo, D.
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Foffano, L.
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Fonseca, M. V.
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Bissaldi, E.
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Font, L.
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Fruck, C.
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Fukami, S.
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García López, R. J.
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Garczarczyk, M.
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Gasparyan, S.
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Gaug, M.
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Neustroev, V.
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Giglietto, N.
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Giordano, F.
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Blanch, O.
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Godinović, N.
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Green, D.
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Guberman, D.
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Hadasch, D.
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Hahn, A.
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Herrera, J.
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Hoang, J.
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Hrupec, D.
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Nigro, C.
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Hütten, M.
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Maraschi, L.
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Inada, T.
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Inoue, S.
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Ishio, K.
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Iwamura, Y.
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Jouvin, L.
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Kerszberg, D.
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Kubo, H.
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Kushida, J.
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Nilsson, K.
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Dirirsa, F. Fana
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Lelas, D.
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Lindfors, E.
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Longo, F.
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López, M.
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López-Coto, R.
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López-Oramas, A.
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Loporchio, S.
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Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B.
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Gill, R.
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Ninci, D.
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Maggio, C.
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Majumdar, P.
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Makariev, M.
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Mallamaci, M.
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Maneva, G.
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Manganaro, M.
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Mannheim, K.
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Nishijima, K.
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Bellizzi, L.
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Granot, J.
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Noda, K.
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Nogués, L.
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Nozaki, S.
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Palatiello, M.
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Paneque, D.
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Paoletti, R.
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Paredes, J. M.
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Peñil, P.
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Peresano, M.
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McEnery, J.
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Bernardini, E.
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Moroni, P. G. Prada
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Puljak, I.
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Rhode, W.
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Ribó, M.
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Rico, J.
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Rugliancich, A.
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Omodei, N.
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Saha, L.
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Berti, A.
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Sahakyan, N.
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Saito, T.
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Sakurai, S.
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Satalecka, K.
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Schmidt, K.
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Schweizer, T.
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Sitarek, J.
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Šnidarić, I.
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Razzaque, S.
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Sobczynska, D.
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Somero, A.
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Besenrieder, J.
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Strom, D.
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Strzys, M.
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Suda, Y.
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Surić, T.
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Takahashi, M.
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Piron, F.
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Temnikov, P.
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Terzić, T.
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Teshima, M.
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Bhattacharyya, W.
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Torres-Albà, N.
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Tosti, L.
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Vagelli, V.
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van Scherpenberg, J.
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Vanzo, G.
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Vazquez Acosta, M.
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Racusin, J. L.
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Vigorito, C. F.
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Vitale, V.
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Vovk, I.
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Will, M.
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Zarić, D.
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Veres, P.
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Bhat, P. N.
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Briggs, M. S.
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Thompson, D. J.
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Cleveland, W. H.
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Hamburg, R.
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Hui, C. M.
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Mailyan, B.
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Preece, R. D.
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Biland, A.
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Roberts, O. J.
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Mariotti, M.
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Kuin, N. P. M.
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Siegel, M. H.
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Cenko, S. B.
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O'Brien, P.
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de Pasquale, M.
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Gropp, J.
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Martínez, M.
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Klingler, N.
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Bošnjak, Ž.
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Osborne, J. P.
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Starling, R. L. C.
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Tohuvavohu, A.
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Mazin, D.
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Busetto, G.
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Anderson, G. E.
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Mićanović, S.
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Anderson, J. P.
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Bolmer, J.
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Carosi, R.
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Caballero-García, M. D.
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Carrasco, I. M.
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Castellón, A.
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Castro Segura, N.
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Castro-Tirado, A. J.
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Cherukuri, S. V.
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Miceli, D.
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Cockeram, A. M.
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Diretse, R.
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Ceribella, G.
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Fender, R. P.
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Fernández-García, E.
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Fynbo, J. P. U.
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Fruchter, A. S.
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Greiner, J.
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Minev, M.
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Gromadzki, M.
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Heintz, K. E.
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Heywood, I.
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van der Horst, A. J.
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Hu, Y. -D.
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Chai, Y.
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Inserra, C.
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Izzo, L.
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Jaiswal, V.
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Jakobsson, P.
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Miranda, J. M.
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Japelj, J.
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Abstract
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterized by an initial phase of bright and highly variable radiation in the kiloelectronvolt-to-megaelectronvolt band, which is probably produced within the jet and lasts from milliseconds to minutes, known as the prompt emission. Subsequently, the interaction of the jet with the surrounding medium generates shock waves that are responsible for the afterglow emission, which lasts from days to months and occurs over a broad energy range from the radio to the gigaelectronvolt bands. The afterglow emission is generally well explained as synchrotron radiation emitted by electrons accelerated by the external shock. Recently, intense long-lasting emission between 0.2 and 1 teraelectronvolts was observed from GRB 190114C. Here we report multi-frequency observations of GRB 190114C, and study the evolution in time of the GRB emission across 17 orders of magnitude in energy, from 5 × 10^-6 to 10^12 electronvolts. We find that the broadband spectral energy distribution is double-peaked, with the teraelectronvolt emission constituting a distinct spectral component with power comparable to the synchrotron component. This component is associated with the afterglow and is satisfactorily explained by inverse Compton up-scattering of synchrotron photons by high-energy electrons. We find that the conditions required to account for the observed teraelectronvolt component are typical for GRBs, supporting the possibility that inverse Compton emission is commonly produced in GRBs.
Volume
575
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7783
Start page
459
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0028-0836
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2019Natur.575..459M
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