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astro-ph2001
The extraordinarily bright optical afterglow of GRB 991208 and its host galaxy
A. J. Castro-Tirado, V. V. Sokolov, J. Gorosabel +50
Observations of the extraordinarily bright optical afterglow (OA) of GRB 991208 started 2.1 d after the event. The flux decay constant of the OA in the R-band is -2.30 +/- 0.07 up…
astro-ph1992
The (, ) Plane of Hot Stellar Systems
Massimo Capaccioli, Nicola Caon, Mauro D'Onofrio
Two families of hot stellar systems, named {\it `ordinary'\/} and {\it 'bright'\/}, are identified in the () plane built with a luminosity--limited sample of ellipti…