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A Model for the 1979 March 5 Gamma-Ray Transient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

C. Alcock ,
E. Farhi  and
A. Olinto
C. Alcock
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
E. Farhi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
A. Olinto
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139

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We have constructed a model for the 1979 March 5 γ-ray burst (Cline et al. 1980; Evans et al. 1980). This event is characterized by a rapid rise (≤ 250 μs), an intense flash of duration ∼0.15s, followed by a decaying, lower intensity phase which lasted a few minutes, and was modulated with a period of 8s. The timing position error box includes a supernova remnant in the LMC, which suggests a distance of 55 kpc. At this distance the energy in the event is ∼1044 erg and the peak luminosity ∼107 greater than the Eddington limit for a 1.4 M⊙ object.

Type
VI. Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and Their Place in Neutron Star Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 125: The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars , 1987 , pp. 548
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

Cline, T. L., et al. 1980, Ap. J. (Letters), 237, L1.Google Scholar
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