A white dwarf merger paradigm for supernovae and gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 601, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages

  Middleditch, J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Globular clusters: general; Pulsars: general; Supernovae: general; Supernovae: individual (SN 1987A); White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842481189     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382074     Document Type: Article

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