Neutron star binaries produced by binary-driven hypernovae, their mergers, and the link between long and short GRBs

L. M. Becerra, C. Fryer, J. F. Rodriguez +2

The binary-driven hypernova (BdHN) model explains long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with supernovae (SNe) Ic through physical episodes that occur in a binary composed of a ca…