Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003aipc..662..417p&link_type=abstract
GAMMA-RAY BURST AND AFTERGLOW ASTRONOMY 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission. AIP Conference Proceed
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Neutron Stars, Galactic Nuclei, Circumnuclear Matter, And Bulges
Scientific paper
Data accumulated over the years have shown that the distribution of the GRB time duration is bimodal. While there is some evidence that long bursts are associated with star-forming regions, nothing is known regarding the class of short bursts. Their very short timescales are hard to explain with the collapse of a massive star, but would be naturally produced by the merger of two compact objects, such as two neutron stars (NS), or a neutron star and a black hole (BH). As for the case of long bursts, afterglow obervations for short bursts should help reveal their origin. By using the updated population synthesis code StarTrack ([1]), we simulate a cosmological population of merging NS-NS and NS-BH, and compute the distribution of their galactic off-sets, the density distribution of their environment, and, if indeed associated with GRBs, their expected afterglow characteristics.
Belczynski Krzysztof
Perna Rosalba
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