The collapse of neutron stars in high-mass binaries as the energy source for the gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 494, Issue 1 PART II, 1998, Pages

  Qin, Bo ^a,b   Wu, Xiang Ping ^a   Chu, Ming Chung ^b   Fang, Li Zhi ^c   Hu, Jing Yao ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: neutron; Stars: supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044458028     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311152     Document Type: Article

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