@inproceedings{a44de4b89cb046e7af7f5ddcf33fe9a4,
title = "Gamma-ray bursts, classified physically",
abstract = "From Galactic binary sources, to extragalactic magnetized neutron stars, to long-duration GRBs without associated supernovae, the types of sources we now believe capable of producing bursts of gamma-rays continues to grow apace. With this emergent diversity comes the recognition that the traditional and newly formulated high-energy observables used for identifying sub-classes does not provide an adequate one-to-one mapping to progenitors. The popular classification of some >100sec duration GRBs as short bursts is not only an unpalatable retronym and syntactically oxymoronic but highlights the difficultly of using what was once a purely phenomenological classification to encode our understanding of the physics that gives rise to the events. Here we propose a physically based classification scheme designed to coexist with the phenomenological system already in place and argue for its utility and necessity.",
keywords = "Gamma-ray bursts",
author = "Bloom, {Joshua S.} and Butler, {Nathaniel R.} and Perley, {Daniel A.}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2943423",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780735405332",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "11--15",
booktitle = "Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007 - Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference",
note = "Santa Fe Conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007, GRB 2007 ; Conference date: 05-11-2007 Through 09-11-2007",
}