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Jet Breaks in Short Gamma-Ray Bursts. II: The Collimated Afterglow of GRB 051221A
David N. Burrows, Dirk Grupe, Milvia Capalbi +8
We report the best evidence to date of a jet break in a short Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglow, using Chandra and Swift XRT observations of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 051221A. The c…
astro-ph2006★ 135 cited
The Prelude to and Aftermath of the Giant Flare of 2004 December 27: Persistent and Pulsed X-ray Properties of SGR 1806-20 from 1993 to 2005
Peter M. Woods, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Mark H. Finger +5
On 2004 December 27, a highly-energetic giant flare was recorded from the magnetar candidate SGR 1806-20. In the months preceding this flare, the persistent X-ray emission from thi…