The lowest-mass stellar black holes: catastrophic death of neutron stars in gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 680, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Belczynski, K ^a   O'Shaughnessy, R ^b   Kalogera, V ^c   Rasio, F ^c   Taam, R E ^c   Bulik, T ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Binaries: Close; Black hole physics; Gravitational waves; Stars: Evolution stars: Neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749083943     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589970     Document Type: Article

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