A burst of new ideas

2006/12/01 by Bing Zhang · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Afterglow #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Supernova #Swift #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/4441010a

7 pages, published in Nature News & Views, Vol 444, 1010-1011

openalex publication_date 2006/12/01 · arxiv created 2006/12/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/09/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Gigantic cosmological gamma-ray bursts have fallen into a dichotomy of long and short bursts, each with a very different origin. The discovery of an oddball burst calls for a rethink of that classification.

Citations

• A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614
• A new γ-ray burst classification scheme from GRB 060614
• The Supernova–Gamma-Ray Burst Connection

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