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Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 48))

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We describe the recent discovery by the Vela satellite system of short, extremely intense, bursts of gamma rays originating outside the solar system, and the subsequent confirmation by a number of other independent observers. The known properties of these so-called gamma-ray bursts will be given together with outlines of some of the more promising explanations produced so far. Essentially all these explanations invoke compact stellar objects - that is, dwarf stars, neutron stars or black holes.

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  1. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, N.M., 87544, USA

    Ian Balfour Strong

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  1. Center for Astrophysics, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    Herbert Gursky

  2. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., USA

    Remo Ruffini

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Strong, I.B. (1975). Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts. In: Gursky, H., Ruffini, R. (eds) Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Binary X-Ray Sources. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1767-1_4

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