A new type of long gamma--ray burst

Details A new type of long gamma--ray burst A new type of long gamma--ray burst

2006-10-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610452v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.Lett. 374 (2007) L34-L36

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

MNRAS, in press

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00259.x

We consider gamma--ray bursts produced by the merger of a massive white dwarf with a neutron star. We show that these are likely to produce long--duration GRBs, in some cases definitely without an accompanying supernova, as observed recently. This class of burst would have a strong correlation with star formation, and occur close to the host galaxy. However rare members of the class need not be near star--forming regions, and could have any type of host galaxy. Thus a long--duration burst far from any star--forming region would also be a signature of this class. Estimates based on the existence of a known progenitor suggest that our proposed class may be an important contributor to the observed GRB rate.

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