A more probable explanation for a continuum flash in the direction of a redshift $\approx$ 11 galaxy

Charles L. Steinhardt, Michael I. Andersen, Gabriel B. Brammer +5

Recent work reported the discovery of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) associated with the galaxy GN-z11 at $z\sim 11$. The extreme improbability of the transient source being a GRB in the…