Discovery of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050709

J. S. Villasenor; D. Q. Lamb; G. R. Ricker; J. L. Atteia; N. Kawai; N. Butler; Y. Nakagawa; J. G. Jernigan; M. Boer; G. B. Crew; T. Q. Donaghy; J. Doty; E. E. Fenimore; M. Galassi; C. Graziani; K. Hurley; A. Levine; F. Martel; M. Matsuoka; J. F. Olive; G. Prigozhin; T. Sakamoto; Y. Shirasaki; M. Suzuki; T. Tamagawa; R. Vanderspek; S. E. Woosley; A. Yoshida; J. Braga; R. Manchanda; G. Pizzichini; K. Takagishi; M. Yamauchi

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Discovery of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050709

J. S. Villasenor, D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker, J. L. Atteia, N. Kawai, N. Butler, Y. Nakagawa, J. G. Jernigan, M. Boer, G. B. Crew, T. Q. Donaghy, J. Doty, E. E. Fenimore, M. Galassi, C. Graziani, K. Hurley, A. Levine, F. Martel, M. Matsuoka, J. F. OliveG. Prigozhin, T. Sakamoto, Y. Shirasaki, M. Suzuki, T. Tamagawa, R. Vanderspek, S. E. Woosley, A. Yoshida, J. Braga, R. Manchanda, G. Pizzichini, K. Takagishi, M. Yamauchi

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) fall into two classes: short-hard and long-soft bursts^1-3. The latter are now known to have X-ray⁴ and optical⁵ afterglows, to occur at cosmological distances⁶ in star-forming galaxies⁷, and to be associated with the explosion of massive stars^8,9. In contrast, the distance scale, the energy scale and the progenitors of the short bursts have remained a mystery. Here we report the discovery of a short-hard burst whose accurate localization has led to follow-up observations that have identified the X-ray afterglow¹⁰ and (for the first time) the optical afterglow^10,11 of a short-hard burst; this in turn led to the identification of the host galaxy of the burst as a late-type galaxy at z = 0.16 (ref. 10). These results show that at least some short-hard bursts occur at cosmological distances in the outskirts of galaxies, and are likely to be caused by the merging of compact binaries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	855-858
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	437
Issue number	7060
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04213
State	Published - Oct 6 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Villasenor, J. S., Lamb, D. Q., Ricker, G. R., Atteia, J. L., Kawai, N., Butler, N., Nakagawa, Y., Jernigan, J. G., Boer, M., Crew, G. B., Donaghy, T. Q., Doty, J., Fenimore, E. E., Galassi, M., Graziani, C., Hurley, K., Levine, A., Martel, F., Matsuoka, M., ... Yamauchi, M. (2005). Discovery of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050709. Nature, 437(7060), 855-858. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04213

Villasenor, JS, Lamb, DQ, Ricker, GR, Atteia, JL, Kawai, N, Butler, N, Nakagawa, Y, Jernigan, JG, Boer, M, Crew, GB, Donaghy, TQ, Doty, J, Fenimore, EE, Galassi, M, Graziani, C, Hurley, K, Levine, A, Martel, F, Matsuoka, M, Olive, JF, Prigozhin, G, Sakamoto, T, Shirasaki, Y, Suzuki, M, Tamagawa, T, Vanderspek, R, Woosley, SE, Yoshida, A, Braga, J, Manchanda, R, Pizzichini, G, Takagishi, K & Yamauchi, M 2005, 'Discovery of the short γ-ray burst GRB 050709', Nature, vol. 437, no. 7060, pp. 855-858. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04213

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