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Gamma-ray Bursts

Gamma-Ray Bursts is a transient astronomical phenomenon characterized by intense flashes of gamma rays, distinguished as the most energetic explosions in the universe, typically associated with the collapse of massive stars or the merger of compact objects.

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The<i>Swift</i>Gamma‐Ray Burst Mission

N. Gehrels, G. Chincarini, P. Giommi et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts

Robert C. Duncan, Christopher Thompson · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 2.6K citations

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Gamma-ray bursts from stellar mass accretion disks around black holes

S. E. Woosley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 2.5K citations

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  1. CK
    C. Kouveliotou

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    185 publications · 29.7K citations

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  2. BZ
    Bing Zhang

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    171 publications · 21.3K citations

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  3. PM
    P. Mészáros

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    142 publications · 27.1K citations

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  4. NR
    N. R. Tanvir

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    135 publications · 20.5K citations

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  5. TP
    Tsvi Piran

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    101 publications · 19.3K citations

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    124 h-index

    1.9K publications

    314.1K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    116 h-index

    1.2K publications

    245.5K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    106 h-index

    2.6K publications

    566.1K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    100 h-index

    770 publications

    86.5K citations

  5. Universities Space Research Association

    Columbia, United States

    96 h-index

    470 publications

    99.7K citations

  6. Marshall Space Flight Center

    Redstone Arsenal, United States

    95 h-index

    687 publications

    125.8K citations

  7. Brera Astronomical Observatory

    Milan, Italy

    93 h-index

    1.3K publications

    164.5K citations

  8. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    91 h-index

    442 publications

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 2K publications · 182.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    720 publications · 50.2K citations

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  3. Nature

    155 publications · 38.8K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    390 publications · 24.4K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    273 publications · 25.2K citations

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