Output details

Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

For this gamma-ray burst data from 22 facilities was brought together spanning seconds to weeks after the explosion, revealing the source in exquisite detail. Starling’s role was to create and analyse the broadband spectral energy distributions from these data, which assess the physical emission mechanisms and their evolution (SED Modelling section, Supplementary Information). This analysis ruled out a standard fireball model single jet, and, alongside lightcurve analysis, led to the main conclusion of a double jet. The large team of co-authors reflects both the large analysis effort and the numerous contributions required to run international astronomical facilities.