Accurate early positions for Swift GRBs: enhancing X-ray positions with UVOT astrometry
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078436e