On the Central Engine of short Gamma-ray Bursts
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چکیده
While there is so far no direct evidence linking coalescences of double neutron star systems to gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), they are a certainly a very plausible candidate for the subclass of short GRBs as they can provide huge reservoirs of gravitational binding energy and are expected to lead naturally to short overall durations with variations on millisecond time scales. Moreover, they possess the among GRB progenitor models rare property that they are known to really occur.
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