A nearby long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects

Troja, E.; L. Fryer, C.; O’Connor, B.; Ryan, G.; Dichiara, S.; Kumar, A.; Ito, N.; Gupta, R.; T. Wollaeger, R.; P. Norris, J.; Kawai, N.; R. Butler, N.; Aryan, A.; Misra, K.; Hosokawa, R.; L. Murata, K.; Niwano, M.; B. Pandey, S.; Kutyrev, A.; J. van Eerten, H.; A. Chase, E.; Hu, Y.-D.; D. Caballero-Garcia, M.; J. Castro-Tirado, A.

doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05327-3

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A nearby long gamma-ray burst from a merger of compact objects

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E. Troja

C. L. Fryer

B. O’Connor

Abstract

Abstract Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are flashes of high-energy radiation arising from energetic cosmic explosions. Bursts of long (greater than two seconds) duration are produced by the core-collapse of massive stars 1 , and those of short (less than two seconds) duration by the merger of compact objec...

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