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# What determines the structure of short gamma-ray burst jets?

@article{Urrutia2020WhatDT,
title={What determines the structure of short gamma-ray burst jets?},
author={Gerardo Urrutia and F. Colle and A. Murguia-Berthier and E. Ramirez-Ruiz},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
year={2020}
}
• Gerardo Urrutia, +1 author E. Ramirez-Ruiz
• Published 2020
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
• The discovery of GRB 170817A, the first unambiguous off-axis short gamma-ray burst arising from a neutron star merger, has challenged our understanding of the angular structure of relativistic jets. The late afterglow of GRB 170817A has been described by a structured jet seen slightly off-axis (at an observer angle of $\approx 20^\circ$--$30^\circ$). Studies of the jet dynamics and propagation usually assume that the jet is ejected from the central engine with a top-hat structure and its final… CONTINUE READING

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