Short-hard gamma-ray bursts
@article{Nakar2007ShorthardGB, title={Short-hard gamma-ray bursts}, author={E. Nakar}, journal={Physics Reports}, year={2007}, volume={442}, pages={166-236} }
Two types of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are observed: short-duration hard spectrum GRBs and long-duration soft spectrum GRBs. For many years long GRBs were the focus of intense research while the lack of observational data limited the study of short-hard GRBs (SHBs). In 2005 a breakthrough occurred following the first detections of SHB afterglows, longer wavelength emission that follows the burst of gamma-rays. Similarly to long GRBs, afterglow detections led to the identification of SHB host… CONTINUE READING
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