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Discovery of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050709
J. S. Villasenor, D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker +30
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) fall into two classes: short-hard and long-soft bursts. The latter are now known to have X-ray and optical afterglows, to occur at cosmological distances in…
The afterglow of GRB050709 and the nature of the short-hard gamma-ray bursts
D. B. Fox, D. A. Frail, P. A. Price +33
The final chapter in the long-standing mystery of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) centres on the origin of the short-hard class, suspected on theoretical grounds to result from the coa…
The Galaxy Hosts and Large-Scale Environments of Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Bursts
J. X. Prochaska, J. S. Bloom, H. -W. Chen +8
The rapid succession of discovery of short--duration hard--spectrum GRBs has led to unprecedented insights into the energetics of the explosion and nature of the progenitors. Yet s…
Mars Odyssey Joins The Third Interplanetary Network
K. Hurley, I. Mitrofanov, A. Kozyrev +11
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft carries two experiments which are capable of detecting cosmic gamma-ray bursts and soft gamma repeaters. Since April 2001 they have detected over 275 bu…
Closing in on a Short-Hard Burst Progenitor: Constraints from Early-Time Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Possible Host Galaxy of GRB 050509b
J. S. Bloom, J. X. Prochaska, D. Pooley +25
The localization of the short-duration, hard-spectrum GRB 050509b was a watershed event. Thanks to the nearly immediate relay of the GRB position by Swift, we began imaging the GRB…
A contemporaneous infrared flash from a long gamma-ray burst: an echo from the central engine
C. H. Blake, J. S. Bloom, D. L. Starr +25
The explosion that results in a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to produce emission from two physical processes -- the activity of the central engine gives rise to the high…