A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614

Gal-Yam, A.; Fox, D. B.; Price, P. A.; Ofek, E. O.; Davis, M. R.; Leonard, D. C.; Soderberg, A. M.; Schmidt, B. P.; Lewis, K. M.; Peterson, B. A.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Berger, E.; Cenko, S. B.; Sari, R.; Sharon, K.; Frail, D.; Moon, D.-S.; Brown, P. J.; Cucchiara, A.; Harrison, F.; Piran, T.; Persson, S. E.; McCarthy, P. J.; Penprase, B. E.; Chevalier, R. A.; MacFadyen, A. I.

A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614

A. Gal-Yam (), D. B. Fox, P. A. Price, E. O. Ofek, M. R. Davis, D. C. Leonard, A. M. Soderberg, B. P. Schmidt, K. M. Lewis, B. A. Peterson, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, S. B. Cenko, R. Sari, K. Sharon, D. Frail, D.-S. Moon, P. J. Brown, A. Cucchiara, F. Harrison, T. Piran, S. E. Persson, P. J. McCarthy, B. E. Penprase, R. A. Chevalier and A. I. MacFadyen
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A. Gal-Yam: California Institute of Technology
D. B. Fox: Pennsylvania State University
P. A. Price: Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii
E. O. Ofek: California Institute of Technology
M. R. Davis: San Diego State University
D. C. Leonard: San Diego State University
A. M. Soderberg: California Institute of Technology
B. P. Schmidt: Australian National University, Mt Stromlo Observatory
K. M. Lewis: Australian National University, Mt Stromlo Observatory
B. A. Peterson: Australian National University, Mt Stromlo Observatory
S. R. Kulkarni: California Institute of Technology
E. Berger: Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
S. B. Cenko: California Institute of Technology
R. Sari: California Institute of Technology
K. Sharon: Tel Aviv University
D. Frail: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
D.-S. Moon: California Institute of Technology
P. J. Brown: Pennsylvania State University
A. Cucchiara: Pennsylvania State University
F. Harrison: California Institute of Technology
T. Piran: Hebrew University
S. E. Persson: Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
P. J. McCarthy: Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
B. E. Penprase: Pomona College
R. A. Chevalier: University of Virginia
A. I. MacFadyen: Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7122, 1053-1055

Abstract: The long and the short of it The tidy classification system that divided γ-ray bursts (GRBs) into long-duration busts (lasting more than two seconds) and short may have had its day. The final nail in its coffin may be GRB 060614. Discovered on 14 June 2006 by the Burst Alert Telescope on-board the Swift satellite, this burst was long, at 102 seconds, but as reported in a clutch of papers in this issue, it has a number of properties, including the absence of an accompanying supernova, that were previously considered diagnostic of a 'short' GRB. The hunt is now on for a classification system to take account of the diversity now apparent in GRBs. In the accompanying News & Views, Bing Zhang suggests that the answer may be to adopt a Type I/Type II classification similar to that used for supernovae.

Date: 2006
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