The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of the short-hard class of bursts, which are suspected on theoretical grounds to result from the coalescence of neutron-star or black-hole binary systems. Numerous searches for the afterglows of short-hard bursts have been made, galvanized by the revolution in our understanding of long-duration GRBs that followed the discovery in 1997 of their broadband (X-ray, optical and radio) afterglow emission. Here we present the discovery of the X-ray afterglow of a short-hard burst, GRB 050709, whose accurate position allows us to associate it unambiguously with a star-forming galaxy at redshift z = 0.160, and whose optical lightcurve definitively exclude...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the Universe. The durat...
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are bright, brief flashes of high energy photons that have fascinated scient...
The localization of the short-duration, hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst GRB050509b by the Swift satell...
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of t...
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) fall into two classes: short-hard and long-soft bursts. The latter are now k...
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of t...
Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided1 into two classes based on their durat...
8 pages, 5 figures, 4 tablesNew information on short/hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is being gathered ...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes(1): long (> 2 s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard e...
Context: New information on short/hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is being gathered thanks to the disco...
Long duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and X-ray flashes (XRFs) are produced by highly- relativistic ...
Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided1 into two classes based on their durat...
We present optical observations of the short/hard gamma-ray burst GRB 050709, the first such event w...
We present detailed optical, X-ray, and radio observations of the bright afterglow of the short gamm...
11 pages, 9 figuresShort GRBs are commonly thought to originate from the merging of double compact o...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the Universe. The durat...
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are bright, brief flashes of high energy photons that have fascinated scient...
The localization of the short-duration, hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst GRB050509b by the Swift satell...
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of t...
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) fall into two classes: short-hard and long-soft bursts. The latter are now k...
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the γ-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of t...
Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided1 into two classes based on their durat...
8 pages, 5 figures, 4 tablesNew information on short/hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is being gathered ...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes(1): long (> 2 s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard e...
Context: New information on short/hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is being gathered thanks to the disco...
Long duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and X-ray flashes (XRFs) are produced by highly- relativistic ...
Despite a rich phenomenology, γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are divided1 into two classes based on their durat...
We present optical observations of the short/hard gamma-ray burst GRB 050709, the first such event w...
We present detailed optical, X-ray, and radio observations of the bright afterglow of the short gamm...
11 pages, 9 figuresShort GRBs are commonly thought to originate from the merging of double compact o...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the Universe. The durat...
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are bright, brief flashes of high energy photons that have fascinated scient...
The localization of the short-duration, hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst GRB050509b by the Swift satell...