Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Apr 2003

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5444. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The serendipitous discovery of cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) was announced in 1973, based on the data of the military Vela spacecraft, whose purpose was to monitor the limited nuclear test ban treaty. However, it was not until the late 1990s that a clear idea of their origin was obtained. A GRB is a short-duration pulse of gamma radiation (<20 keV to energies up to tens of GeV). Wi...

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