Persistent X-ray emission from a gamma-ray burst source

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Dec 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982natur.300..730g&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 300, Dec. 23, 1982, p. 730, 731. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

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Gamma Ray Bursts, X Ray Sources, Heao 2, Stellar Mass Accretion

Scientific paper

A quiescent X-ray source detected with the Einstein X-ray Observatory in a location consistent with that of an intense gamma ray burst is shown to be also consistent with the location of the 1928 optical transient, the likely optical counterpart of the gamma ray burst source GBS0117-29. The system appears to be underluminous in X-rays by a factor of 10; possible reasons for this are discussed. The observed X-ray flux would require an accretion rate of about 10 to the -14th (d/1 kpc/)-squared solar masses per year, which is probably too low to be consistent with published nuclear flash models for gamma bursts, unless the distance is substantially greater than about 1 kpc or the burst recurrence time is greater than about 50 yrs, or the accretion rate is highly variable. Such a long recurrence time appears to be inconsistent with the detection of the optical burst.

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