학술논문

Short Gamma Ray Bursts as electromagnetic counterpart of coalescing binary systems.
Document Type
Letter
Source
Astrophysics & Space Science. Mar2011, Vol. 332 Issue 1, p31-35. 5p.
Subject
*GAMMA ray bursts
*GRAVITATIONAL waves
*NEUTRON stars
*BLACK holes
*GRAVITATIONAL collapse
*ELECTROMAGNETISM
*INTERFEROMETERS
Language
ISSN
0004-640X
Abstract
Coalescing binary systems, consisting of two collapsed objects, are among the most promising sources of high frequency gravitational waves signals detectable, in principle, by ground-based interferometers. Binary systems of Neutron Star or Black Hole/Neutron Star mergers should also give rise to short Gamma Ray Bursts, a subclass of Gamma Ray Bursts. Short-hard-Gamma Ray Bursts might thus provide a powerful way to infer the merger rate of two-collapsed object binaries. Under the hypothesis that most short Gamma Ray Bursts originate from binaries of Neutron Star or Black Hole/Neutron Star mergers, we outline here the possibility to associate short Gamma Ray Bursts as electromagnetic counterpart of coalescing binary systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]