A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

Gehrels, N.; Sarazin, C. L.; O'Brien, P. T.; Zhang, B.; Barbier, L.; Barthelmy, S. D.; Blustin, A.; Burrows, D. N.; Cannizzo, J.; Cummings, J. R.; Goad, M.; Holland, S. T.; Hurkett, C. P.; Kennea, J. A.; Levan, A.; Markwardt, C. B.; Mason, K. O.; Meszaros, P.; Page, M.; Palmer, D. M.; Rol, E.; Sakamoto, T.; Willingale, R.; Angelini, L.; Beardmore, A.; Boyd, P. T.; Breeveld, A.; Campana, S.; Chester, M. M.; Chincarini, G.; Cominsky, L. R.; Cusumano, G.; de Pasquale, M.; Fenimore, E. E.; Giommi, P.; Gronwall, C.; Grupe, D.; Hill, J. E.; Hinshaw, D.; Hjorth, J.; Hullinger, D.; Hurley, K. C.; Klose, S.; Kobayashi, S.; Kouveliotou, C.; Krimm, H. A.; Mangano, V.; Marshall, F. E.; McGowan, K.; Moretti, A.; Mushotzky, R. F.; Nakazawa, K.; Norris, J. P.; Nousek, J. A.; Osborne, J. P.; Page, K.; Parsons, A. M.; Patel, S.; Perri, M.; Poole, T.; Romano, P.; Roming, P. W. A.; Rosen, S.; Sato, G.; Schady, P.; Smale, A. P.; Sollerman, J.; Starling, R.; Still, M.; Suzuki, M.; Tagliaferri, G.; Takahashi, T.; Tashiro, M.; Tueller, J.; Wells, A. A.; White, N. E.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.

A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

N. Gehrels (), C. L. Sarazin, P. T. O'Brien, B. Zhang, L. Barbier, S. D. Barthelmy, A. Blustin, D. N. Burrows, J. Cannizzo, J. R. Cummings, M. Goad, S. T. Holland, C. P. Hurkett, J. A. Kennea, A. Levan, C. B. Markwardt, K. O. Mason, P. Meszaros, M. Page, D. M. Palmer, E. Rol, T. Sakamoto, R. Willingale, L. Angelini, A. Beardmore, P. T. Boyd, A. Breeveld, S. Campana, M. M. Chester, G. Chincarini, L. R. Cominsky, G. Cusumano, M. de Pasquale, E. E. Fenimore, P. Giommi, C. Gronwall, D. Grupe, J. E. Hill, D. Hinshaw, J. Hjorth, D. Hullinger, K. C. Hurley, S. Klose, S. Kobayashi, C. Kouveliotou, H. A. Krimm, V. Mangano, F. E. Marshall, K. McGowan, A. Moretti, R. F. Mushotzky, K. Nakazawa, J. P. Norris, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. Page, A. M. Parsons, S. Patel, M. Perri, T. Poole, P. Romano, P. W. A. Roming, S. Rosen, G. Sato, P. Schady, A. P. Smale, J. Sollerman, R. Starling, M. Still, M. Suzuki, G. Tagliaferri, T. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, J. Tueller, A. A. Wells, N. E. White and R. A. M. J. Wijers
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N. Gehrels: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
C. L. Sarazin: University of Virginia
P. T. O'Brien: University of Leicester
B. Zhang: University of Nevada
L. Barbier: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
S. D. Barthelmy: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Blustin: University College London
D. N. Burrows: Penn State University
J. Cannizzo: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
J. R. Cummings: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Goad: University of Leicester
S. T. Holland: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
C. P. Hurkett: University of Leicester
J. A. Kennea: Penn State University
A. Levan: University of Leicester
C. B. Markwardt: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
K. O. Mason: University College London
P. Meszaros: Penn State University
M. Page: University College London
D. M. Palmer: Los Alamos National Laboratory
E. Rol: University of Leicester
T. Sakamoto: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
R. Willingale: University of Leicester
L. Angelini: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Beardmore: University of Leicester
P. T. Boyd: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Breeveld: University College London
S. Campana: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
M. M. Chester: Penn State University
G. Chincarini: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
L. R. Cominsky: Sonoma State University
G. Cusumano: INAF—Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Cosmica
M. de Pasquale: University College London
E. E. Fenimore: Los Alamos National Laboratory
P. Giommi: Via Galileo Galilei
C. Gronwall: Penn State University
D. Grupe: Penn State University
J. E. Hill: Penn State University
D. Hinshaw: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
J. Hjorth: University of Copenhagen
D. Hullinger: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
K. C. Hurley: UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
S. Klose: Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
S. Kobayashi: Penn State University
C. Kouveliotou: NSSTC
H. A. Krimm: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
V. Mangano: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
F. E. Marshall: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
K. McGowan: University College London
A. Moretti: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
R. F. Mushotzky: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
K. Nakazawa: JAXA
J. P. Norris: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
J. A. Nousek: Penn State University
J. P. Osborne: University of Leicester
K. Page: University of Leicester
A. M. Parsons: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Patel: NSSTC
M. Perri: Via Galileo Galilei
T. Poole: University College London
P. Romano: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
P. W. A. Roming: Penn State University
S. Rosen: University College London
G. Sato: JAXA
P. Schady: University College London
A. P. Smale: NASA Headquarters
J. Sollerman: Stockholm Observatory, Department of Astronomy, AlbaNova
R. Starling: University of Amsterdam
M. Still: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Suzuki: Saitama University
G. Tagliaferri: INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
T. Takahashi: JAXA
M. Tashiro: Saitama University
J. Tueller: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A. A. Wells: University of Leicester
N. E. White: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
R. A. M. J. Wijers: University of Amsterdam

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7060, 851-854

Abstract: Short gamma-ray bursts Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are either ‘long and soft’, or ‘short and hard’. The long-duration type leave a strong afterglow and have been extensively studied. So we have a good idea of what causes them: explosions of massive stars in distant star-forming galaxies. Short GRBs, with no strong afterglow, were harder to pin down. The Swift satellite, launched last November, is designed to study bursts as soon as they happen. Having shown its worth with long GRBs (reported in the 18 August issue of Nature), Swift has now bagged a short burst, GRB 050509B, precisely measured its location and detected the X-ray afterglow. Four papers this week report on this and another recent short burst. Now, over 20 years after they were first recognized, the likely origin of the short GRBs is revealed as a merger between neutron stars of a binary system and the instantaneous production of a black hole.

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