A twist in the tale of γ-ray bursts

Stephen J. Smartt ()
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Stephen J. Smartt: Stephen J. Smartt is at the Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.

Nature, 2015, vol. 523, issue 7559, 164-166

Abstract: An unusually long burst of γ-rays zapped Earth in December 2011, lasting 4 hours. The cause of this burst is now proposed to be a peculiar supernova produced by a spinning magnetic neutron star. See Letter p.189

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/523164b

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