A Compact Binary Merger Model for the Short, Hard GRB 050509b
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The first X-ray afterglow for a short ({approx}30ms), hard {gamma}-ray burst was detected by Swift on 9 May 2005 (GRB 050509b). No optical or radio counterpart was identified in follow-up observations. The tentative association of the GRB with a nearby giant elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.2248 would imply the progenitor had traveled several tens of kpc from its point of origin, in agreement with expectations linking these events to the final merger of compact binaries driven by gravitation…
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Date:
June 15, 2005
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Lee, William H.; /Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study /UNAM, Inst. Astron.; Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico; /Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study; Granot, Jonathan & /Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study /KIPAC, Menlo Park
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