gamma-ray burst

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burst
noun[C]
uk
/bɜːst/us
/bɝːst/
UK
the act of breaking open so that what is inside ...
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Determining thegamma-rayburstrate as a function of redshift.
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This is thought to be the precursor of a longgamma-rayburst.
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It is the most powerfulgamma-rayburstever recorded.
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The massive-star model probably does not explain all types ofgamma-rayburst.
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It is possible that the star may explode as a hypernova, or even produce agamma-rayburst.
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Currently orbiting satellites detect an average of about onegamma-rayburstper day.
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Another group suggested that a shortgamma-rayburst, which is not associated with a supernova, may have been responsible.
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The discovery of a supernova associated with agamma-rayburstin 2002 provided compelling evidence that massive stars are the origin of gamma-ray bursts.
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If the relativistic jets are too brief and fail to penetrate the stellar envelope then a low luminositygamma-rayburstmay be produced and the supernova may be sub-luminous.
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Gamma-ray bursts : accumulating afterglow implications, progenitor clues, and prospects.
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Biological effects of gamma-ray bursts inefficient as the c radiation would be deposited on the atmosphere itself.
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Possible radiation sources include flares from late-type parent stars, gamma-ray bursts, and gamma-ray lines from supernovae.
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Formation rate, evolving luminosity function, jet structure, and progenitors for long gamma-ray bursts.
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Reichart noted that the late afterglow was redder than the early afterglow, an observation which conflicted with the then-preferred relativistic fireball model for thegamma-rayburstemission mechanism.
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This was the first evidence of a physical relationship between gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.
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This demonstrated the importance of the use of optical telescopes in the studies of gamma-ray bursts.
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