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Vestrand WT Wozniak PR Wren JA Fenimore EE Sakamoto T White RR Casperson D Davis H Evans S Galassi M McGowan KE Schier JA Asa JW Barthelmy SD Cummings JR Gehrels N Hullinger D Krimm HA Markwardt CB McLean K Palmer D Parsons A Tueller J 《Nature》2005,435(7039):178-180
The prompt optical emission that arrives with the gamma-rays from a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a signature of the engine powering the burst, the properties of the ultra-relativistic ejecta of the explosion, and the ejecta's interactions with the surroundings. Until now, only GRB 990123 had been detected at optical wavelengths during the burst phase. Its prompt optical emission was variable and uncorrelated with the prompt gamma-ray emission, suggesting that the optical emission was generated by a reverse shock arising from the ejecta's collision with surrounding material. Here we report prompt optical emission from GRB 041219a. It is variable and correlated with the prompt gamma-rays, indicating a common origin for the optical light and the gamma-rays. Within the context of the standard fireball model of GRBs, we attribute this new optical component to internal shocks driven into the burst ejecta by variations of the inner engine. The correlated optical emission is a direct probe of the jet isolated from the medium. The timing of the uncorrelated optical emission is strongly dependent on the nature of the medium. 相似文献
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Palmer DM Barthelmy S Gehrels N Kippen RM Cayton T Kouveliotou C Eichler D Wijers RA Woods PM Granot J Lyubarsky YE Ramirez-Ruiz E Barbier L Chester M Cummings J Fenimore EE Finger MH Gaensler BM Hullinger D Krimm H Markwardt CB Nousek JA Parsons A Patel S Sakamoto T Sato G Suzuki M Tueller J 《Nature》2005,434(7037):1107-1109
Two classes of rotating neutron stars-soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) and anomalous X-ray pulsars-are magnetars, whose X-ray emission is powered by a very strong magnetic field (B approximately 10(15) G). SGRs occasionally become 'active', producing many short X-ray bursts. Extremely rarely, an SGR emits a giant flare with a total energy about a thousand times higher than in a typical burst. Here we report that SGR 1806-20 emitted a giant flare on 27 December 2004. The total (isotropic) flare energy is 2 x 10(46) erg, which is about a hundred times higher than the other two previously observed giant flares. The energy release probably occurred during a catastrophic reconfiguration of the neutron star's magnetic field. If the event had occurred at a larger distance, but within 40 megaparsecs, it would have resembled a short, hard gamma-ray burst, suggesting that flares from extragalactic SGRs may form a subclass of such bursts. 相似文献
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Barthelmy SD Chincarini G Burrows DN Gehrels N Covino S Moretti A Romano P O'Brien PT Sarazin CL Kouveliotou C Goad M Vaughan S Tagliaferri G Zhang B Antonelli LA Campana S Cummings JR D'Avanzo P Davies MB Giommi P Grupe D Kaneko Y Kennea JA King A Kobayashi S Melandri A Meszaros P Nousek JA Patel S Sakamoto T Wijers RA 《Nature》2005,438(7070):994-996
Two short (< 2 s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have recently been localized and fading afterglow counterparts detected. The combination of these two results left unclear the nature of the host galaxies of the bursts, because one was a star-forming dwarf, while the other was probably an elliptical galaxy. Here we report the X-ray localization of a short burst (GRB 050724) with unusual gamma-ray and X-ray properties. The X-ray afterglow lies off the centre of an elliptical galaxy at a redshift of z = 0.258 (ref. 5), coincident with the position determined by ground-based optical and radio observations. The low level of star formation typical for elliptical galaxies makes it unlikely that the burst originated in a supernova explosion. A supernova origin was also ruled out for GRB 050709 (refs 3, 31), even though that burst took place in a galaxy with current star formation. The isotropic energy for the short bursts is 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than that for the long bursts. Our results therefore suggest that an alternative source of bursts--the coalescence of binary systems of neutron stars or a neutron star-black hole pair--are the progenitors of short bursts. 相似文献
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Résumé La réaction cutanée de l'immunité de transplantation contre une greffe allogénique est accompagnée d'une forte mais courte augmentation de la perméabilité vasculaire. La réponse vasculaire apparait rapidement et cela avant les effets macroscopique ou histologiques de l'immunité de transplantation. 相似文献
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Urinary excretion of acetylsalicylic acid in man 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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Gardner MJ Hall N Fung E White O Berriman M Hyman RW Carlton JM Pain A Nelson KE Bowman S Paulsen IT James K Eisen JA Rutherford K Salzberg SL Craig A Kyes S Chan MS Nene V Shallom SJ Suh B Peterson J Angiuoli S Pertea M Allen J Selengut J Haft D Mather MW Vaidya AB Martin DM Fairlamb AH Fraunholz MJ Roos DS Ralph SA McFadden GI Cummings LM Subramanian GM Mungall C Venter JC Carucci DJ Hoffman SL Newbold C Davis RW Fraser CM Barrell B 《Nature》2002,419(6906):498-511
The parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for hundreds of millions of cases of malaria, and kills more than one million African children annually. Here we report an analysis of the genome sequence of P. falciparum clone 3D7. The 23-megabase nuclear genome consists of 14 chromosomes, encodes about 5,300 genes, and is the most (A + T)-rich genome sequenced to date. Genes involved in antigenic variation are concentrated in the subtelomeric regions of the chromosomes. Compared to the genomes of free-living eukaryotic microbes, the genome of this intracellular parasite encodes fewer enzymes and transporters, but a large proportion of genes are devoted to immune evasion and host-parasite interactions. Many nuclear-encoded proteins are targeted to the apicoplast, an organelle involved in fatty-acid and isoprenoid metabolism. The genome sequence provides the foundation for future studies of this organism, and is being exploited in the search for new drugs and vaccines to fight malaria. 相似文献
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Racusin JL Karpov SV Sokolowski M Granot J Wu XF Pal'shin V Covino S van der Horst AJ Oates SR Schady P Smith RJ Cummings J Starling RL Piotrowski LW Zhang B Evans PA Holland ST Malek K Page MT Vetere L Margutti R Guidorzi C Kamble AP Curran PA Beardmore A Kouveliotou C Mankiewicz L Melandri A O'Brien PT Page KL Piran T Tanvir NR Wrochna G Aptekar RL Barthelmy S Bartolini C Beskin GM Bondar S Bremer M Campana S Castro-Tirado A Cucchiara A Cwiok M D'Avanzo P D'Elia V Valle MD de Ugarte Postigo A 《Nature》2008,455(7210):183-188
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) release copious amounts of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and so provide a window into the process of black hole formation from the collapse of massive stars. Previous early optical observations of even the most exceptional GRBs (990123 and 030329) lacked both the temporal resolution to probe the optical flash in detail and the accuracy needed to trace the transition from the prompt emission within the outflow to external shocks caused by interaction with the progenitor environment. Here we report observations of the extraordinarily bright prompt optical and gamma-ray emission of GRB 080319B that provide diagnostics within seconds of its formation, followed by broadband observations of the afterglow decay that continued for weeks. We show that the prompt emission stems from a single physical region, implying an extremely relativistic outflow that propagates within the narrow inner core of a two-component jet. 相似文献
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Soderberg AM Berger E Page KL Schady P Parrent J Pooley D Wang XY Ofek EO Cucchiara A Rau A Waxman E Simon JD Bock DC Milne PA Page MJ Barentine JC Barthelmy SD Beardmore AP Bietenholz MF Brown P Burrows A Burrows DN Bryngelson G Byrngelson G Cenko SB Chandra P Cummings JR Fox DB Gal-Yam A Gehrels N Immler S Kasliwal M Kong AK Krimm HA Kulkarni SR Maccarone TJ Mészáros P Nakar E O'Brien PT Overzier RA de Pasquale M Racusin J Rea N York DG 《Nature》2008,453(7194):469-474
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions--supernovae--that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Historically, supernovae were discovered mainly through their 'delayed' optical light (some days after the burst of neutrinos that marks the actual event), preventing observations in the first moments following the explosion. As a result, the progenitors of some supernovae and the events leading up to their violent demise remain intensely debated. Here we report the serendipitous discovery of a supernova at the time of the explosion, marked by an extremely luminous X-ray outburst. We attribute the outburst to the 'break-out' of the supernova shock wave from the progenitor star, and show that the inferred rate of such events agrees with that of all core-collapse supernovae. We predict that future wide-field X-ray surveys will catch each year hundreds of supernovae in the act of exploding. 相似文献
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Ferguson NM Cummings DA Cauchemez S Fraser C Riley S Meeyai A Iamsirithaworn S Burke DS 《Nature》2005,437(7056):209-214
Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A viruses are now endemic in avian populations in Southeast Asia, and human cases continue to accumulate. Although currently incapable of sustained human-to-human transmission, H5N1 represents a serious pandemic threat owing to the risk of a mutation or reassortment generating a virus with increased transmissibility. Identifying public health interventions that might be able to halt a pandemic in its earliest stages is therefore a priority. Here we use a simulation model of influenza transmission in Southeast Asia to evaluate the potential effectiveness of targeted mass prophylactic use of antiviral drugs as a containment strategy. Other interventions aimed at reducing population contact rates are also examined as reinforcements to an antiviral-based containment policy. We show that elimination of a nascent pandemic may be feasible using a combination of geographically targeted prophylaxis and social distancing measures, if the basic reproduction number of the new virus is below 1.8. We predict that a stockpile of 3 million courses of antiviral drugs should be sufficient for elimination. Policy effectiveness depends critically on how quickly clinical cases are diagnosed and the speed with which antiviral drugs can be distributed. 相似文献