Short gamma-ray bursts in old populations: Magnetars from white dwarf-white dwarf mergers

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Levan, Andrew J ^a,b   Wynn, Graham A ^c   Chapman, Robert ^a   Davies, Melvyn B ^b   King, Andrew R ^c   Priddey, Robert S ^a   Tanvir, Nial R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748803762     PISSN: 17453933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Letter

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