The missing link: Merging neutron stars naturally produce jet-like structures and can power short gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 732, Issue 1 PART II, 2011, Pages

  Rezzolla, Luciano ^a   Giacomazzo, Bruno ^b,c   Baiotti, Luca ^d   Granot, Jonathan ^e   Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^f   Aloy, Miguel A ^g  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

black hole physics; gamma ray burst: general; gravitational waves; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); methods: numerical; stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955622256     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/732/1/L6     Document Type: Article

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