Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Marking the Birth of Black Holes from Coalescing Compact Binaries

2009/01/01 by Davide Lazzati, Rosalba Perna
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Afterglow #Astrophysical jet #Black hole (networking) #Compact star #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Light curve #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Stars #Supernova #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9264-0_6

19 pages, appeared in the book "Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence", Astrophysics and Space Science Library, edited by M. Colpi, P. Casella, V. Gorini, U. Moschella, and A. Possenti

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Abstract

This contribution summarizes, as of early 2008, the observational and theoretical understanding of the origin, physics, and emission properties of short gamma-ray bursts in both electromagnetic and gravitational waves.

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