Can Fireball Models Explain Gamma-Ray Bursts?
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- 20 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 500 (2) , L93-L96
- https://doi.org/10.1086/311401
Abstract
The observed afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), in particular the afterglow of GRB 970228 after 6 months, seem to rule out, as the origin of GRBs, relativistic fireballs driven by the mergers or accretion-induced collapse of compact stellar objects in galaxies. GRBs can be produced by superluminal jets from such events.Keywords
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