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A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614
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Over the past decade, our physical understanding of γ-ray bursts (GRBs) has progressed rapidly, thanks to the discovery and observation of their long-lived afterglow emission. Long-duration (≳2 s) GRBs are associated with the explosive deaths of massive stars (‘collapsars’, ref. 1), which produce accompanying supernovae; the short-duration (≲2 s) GRBs have a different origin, which has been argued to be the merger of two compact objects. Here we report optical observations of GRB 060614 (duration ∼100 s, ref. 10) that rule out the presence of an associated supernova. This would seem to require a new explosive process: either a massive collapsar that powers a GRB without any associated supernova, or a new type of ‘engine’, as long-lived as the collapsar but without a massive star. We also show that the properties of the host galaxy (redshift z = 0.125) distinguish it from other long-duration GRB hosts and suggest that an entirely new type of GRB progenitor may be required.
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- Authors
- 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.
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- Nature
- Published
- 2006-12
- Volume
- 444
- Issue
- 7122
- Pages
- 1053-1055
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2056389194
- Cited by
- 379
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 17.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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