A new type of long gamma-ray burst
(2007) In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 374(1). p.34-36- Abstract
- We consider gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) produced by the merger of a massive white dwarf with a neutron star. We show that these are likely to produce long-duration GRBs, in some cases definitely without an accompanying supernova, as observed recently. This class of burst would have a strong correlation with star formation, and occur close to the host galaxy. However, rare members of the class need not be near star-forming regions, and could have any type of host galaxy. Thus a long-duration burst far from any star-forming region would also be a signature of this class. Estimates based on the existence of a known progenitor suggest that our proposed class may be an important contributor to the observed GRB rate.
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- King, Andrew ; Olsson, Emma and Davies, Melvyn B LU
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- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- gamma-rays : bursts
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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- 374
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 34 - 36
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- Oxford University Press
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- wos:000242906600008
- scopus:33846886587
- ISSN
- 1365-2966
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00259.x
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- English
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