A γ-ray burst at a redshift of ≈ 8.2

N. R. Tanvir; D. B. Fox; A. J. Levan; E. Berger; K. Wiersema; J. P.U. Fynbo; A. Cucchiara; T. Krühler; N. Gehrels; J. S. Bloom; J. Greiner; P. A. Evans; E. Rol; F. Olivares; J. Hjorth; P. Jakobsson; J. Farihi; R. Willingale; R. L.C. Starling; S. B. Cenko; D. Perley; J. R. Maund; J. Duke; R. A.M.J. Wijers; A. J. Adamson; A. Allan; M. N. Bremer; D. N. Burrows; A. J. Castro-Tirado; B. Cavanagh; A. De Ugarte Postigo; M. A. Dopita; T. A. Fatkhullin; A. S. Fruchter; R. J. Foley; J. Gorosabel; J. Kennea; T. Kerr; S. Klose; H. A. Krimm; V. N. Komarova; S. R. Kulkarni; A. S. Moskvitin; C. G. Mundell; T. Naylor; K. Page; B. E. Penprase; M. Perri; P. Podsiadlowski; K. Roth; R. E. Rutledge; T. Sakamoto; P. Schady; B. P. Schmidt; A. M. Soderberg; J. Sollerman; A. W. Stephens; G. Stratta; T. N. Ukwatta; D. Watson; E. Westra; T. Wold; C. Wolf

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A γ-ray burst at a redshift of ≈ 8.2

N. R. Tanvir, D. B. Fox, A. J. Levan, E. Berger, K. Wiersema, J. P.U. Fynbo, A. Cucchiara, T. Krühler, N. Gehrels, J. S. Bloom, J. Greiner, P. A. Evans, E. Rol, F. Olivares, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, J. Farihi, R. Willingale, R. L.C. Starling, S. B. CenkoD. Perley, J. R. Maund, J. Duke, R. A.M.J. Wijers, A. J. Adamson, A. Allan, M. N. Bremer, D. N. Burrows, A. J. Castro-Tirado, B. Cavanagh, A. De Ugarte Postigo, M. A. Dopita, T. A. Fatkhullin, A. S. Fruchter, R. J. Foley, J. Gorosabel, J. Kennea, T. Kerr, S. Klose, H. A. Krimm, V. N. Komarova, S. R. Kulkarni, A. S. Moskvitin, C. G. Mundell, T. Naylor, K. Page, B. E. Penprase, M. Perri, P. Podsiadlowski, K. Roth, R. E. Rutledge, T. Sakamoto, P. Schady, B. P. Schmidt, A. M. Soderberg, J. Sollerman, A. W. Stephens, G. Stratta, T. N. Ukwatta, D. Watson, E. Westra, T. Wold, C. Wolf

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Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to result from the explosions of certain massive stars, and some are bright enough that they should be observable out to redshifts of z 20 using current technology. Hitherto, the highest redshift measured for any object was z = 6.96, for a Lyman-α emitting galaxy. Here we report that GRB 090423 lies at a redshift of z 8.2, implying that massive stars were being produced and dying as GRBs 630 Myr after the Big Bang. The burst also pinpoints the location of its host galaxy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1254-1257
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	461
Issue number	7268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08459
Publication status	Published - 29 Oct 2009

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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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Tanvir, N. R., Fox, D. B., Levan, A. J., Berger, E., Wiersema, K., Fynbo, J. P. U., Cucchiara, A., Krühler, T., Gehrels, N., Bloom, J. S., Greiner, J., Evans, P. A., Rol, E., Olivares, F., Hjorth, J., Jakobsson, P., Farihi, J., Willingale, R., Starling, R. L. C., ... Wolf, C. (2009). A γ-ray burst at a redshift of ≈ 8.2. Nature, 461(7268), 1254-1257. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08459

Tanvir, NR, Fox, DB, Levan, AJ, Berger, E, Wiersema, K, Fynbo, JPU, Cucchiara, A, Krühler, T, Gehrels, N, Bloom, JS, Greiner, J, Evans, PA, Rol, E, Olivares, F, Hjorth, J, Jakobsson, P, Farihi, J, Willingale, R, Starling, RLC, Cenko, SB, Perley, D, Maund, JR, Duke, J, Wijers, RAMJ, Adamson, AJ, Allan, A, Bremer, MN, Burrows, DN, Castro-Tirado, AJ, Cavanagh, B, De Ugarte Postigo, A, Dopita, MA, Fatkhullin, TA, Fruchter, AS, Foley, RJ, Gorosabel, J, Kennea, J, Kerr, T, Klose, S, Krimm, HA, Komarova, VN, Kulkarni, SR, Moskvitin, AS, Mundell, CG, Naylor, T, Page, K, Penprase, BE, Perri, M, Podsiadlowski, P, Roth, K, Rutledge, RE, Sakamoto, T, Schady, P, Schmidt, BP, Soderberg, AM, Sollerman, J, Stephens, AW, Stratta, G, Ukwatta, TN, Watson, D, Westra, E, Wold, T & Wolf, C 2009, 'A γ-ray burst at a redshift of ≈ 8.2', Nature, vol. 461, no. 7268, pp. 1254-1257. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08459

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