The X-ray afterglow of the short gamma ray burst 050724

Short duration ($\la $2 s) Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been a mystery since their discovery. Until May 2005 very little was known about short GRBs, but this situation has changed rapidly in the last few months since the Swift and HETE-2 satellites have made it possible to discover X-ray and optical...

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Published in:Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) 2006-07, Vol.454 (1), p.113-117
Main Authors: Campana, S., Tagliaferri, G., Lazzati, D., Chincarini, G., Covino, S., Page, K., Romano, P., Moretti, A., Cusumano, G., Mangano, V., Mineo, T., La Parola, V., Giommi, P., Perri, M., Capalbi, M., Zhang, B., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Sakamoto, T., Burrows, D. N., Kennea, J. A., Nousek, J. A., Osborne, J. P., O'Brien, P. T., Godet, O., Gehrels, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Astronomy
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
gamma rays: bursts
X-rays: general
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Summary:Short duration ($\la $2 s) Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been a mystery since their discovery. Until May 2005 very little was known about short GRBs, but this situation has changed rapidly in the last few months since the Swift and HETE-2 satellites have made it possible to discover X-ray and optical counterparts to these sources. Positional associations indicate that short GRBs arise in close-by galaxies ($z
ISSN:0004-6361
1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20064856