Cosmic gamma-ray bursts

I.L. Rozental’^a, V.V. Usov, Éstulin I V
^aSpace Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation

A summary is given of research on transient (duration $\approx$10$^{-1}$--10$^{-2}$ sec) bursts of cosmic $\gamma$ rays monitored with spacecraft carrying special-purpose detectors. Very likely the burst sources are old (>10$^6$ yr) magnetized neutron stars located fairly close to the solar system (D$\approx$10--100 pc). A most interesting physical problem thereby awaits investigation: the nonstable behavior of ultradense matter in strong magnetic fields (B$\approx$10$^{12}$--10$^{13}$ gauss). Several nonstable processes that might generate the observed bursts are discussed.

PACS: 98.70.Qy, 95.85.Qx
DOI: 10.1070/PU1983v026n05ABEH004401
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1983/5/c/
Citation: Rozental’ I L, Usov V V, Éstulin I V "Cosmic gamma-ray bursts" Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 437–446 (1983)

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Оригинал: Розенталь И Л, Усов В В, Эстулин И В «Всплески космического гамма-излучения» УФН 140 97–115 (1983); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0140.198305c.0097

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