Collapse of neutron stars to black holes in binary systems: A model for short gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 643, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Dermer, Charles D ^a   Atoyan, Armen ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: winds, outflows; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745807238     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504895     Document Type: Article

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