Northwestern University: Unprecedented Gamma-Ray Burst Explained by Long-Lived Jet
September 01, 2023
September 01, 2023
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release:
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* While astrophysicists previously believed that only supernovae could generate long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a 2021 observation uncovered evidence that compact-object mergers also can generate the phenomenon
* Now, a new first-of-its-kind simulation confirms and explains this finding
* If the accretion disk around the black hole is massive, . . .
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* While astrophysicists previously believed that only supernovae could generate long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a 2021 observation uncovered evidence that compact-object mergers also can generate the phenomenon
* Now, a new first-of-its-kind simulation confirms and explains this finding
* If the accretion disk around the black hole is massive, . . .