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On the nature of cosmic gamma-ray bursts

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a Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (State University), Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
b Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation

Current hypotheses of gamma-ray burst origin are analysed. About 30 years after their discovery, it is still unclear where gamma-ray bursts are created (Solar system, Galaxy or Metagalaxy). Nor is the mechanism of their production known. This paper reviews on-going gamma-ray experiments and suggests possible lines of further studies on their origin.

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PACS: 95.85.Pw, 98.70.Rz (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1996v039n07ABEH000156
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Citation: Luchkov B I, Mitrofanov I G, Rozental’ I L "On the nature of cosmic gamma-ray bursts" Phys. Usp. 39 695–711 (1996)
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Оригинал: Лучков Б И, Митрофанов И Г, Розенталь И Л «О природе космических гамма-всплесков» УФН 166 743–762 (1996); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0166.199607c.0743

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