Observable Signatures of the Accretion-Induced Collapse of White Dwarfs (2009)
Metzger, B. D., Piro, A. L., Quataert, E., Thompson, T. A.
Despite its probable occurrence in Nature, the accretion-induced collapse (AIC) of a white dwarf has not yet been directly observed (or, at least, it has not been unambiguously identified as such)....
A new type of stellar explosion (2009)
Perets, H. B., Gal-Yam, A., Mazzali, P., Arnett, D., Kagan, D., Filippenko, A. V., ...
The explosive deaths of stars (supernovae; SNe) are generally explained by two physical processes. Young massive stars (more than eight solar masses, M_Sun) undergo gravitational core-collapse and...
GRB 080503: Implications of a Naked Short Gamma-Ray Burst Dominated by Extended Emission. (2009)
Perley, D.A., Metzger, B.D., Granot, J., Butler, N.R., Sakamoto, T., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., ...
Original article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/ap Copyright IOP Publishing / American Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/696/2/1871 [Full text of this article is not...
GRB 080503: implications of a naked short gamma-ray burst dominated by extended emission (2009)
Perley, D. A., Metzger, B. D., Granot, J., Butler, N. R., Sakamoto, T., Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico, ...
We report on observations of GRB 080503, a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) with very bright extended emission (about 30 times the gamma-ray fluence of the initial spike) in conjunction with a thorough...
GRB 080503: implications of a naked short gamma-ray burst dominated by extended emission (2009)
Perley, D. A., Metzger, B. D., Granot, J., Butler, N. R., Sakamoto, T., Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico, ...
We report on observations of GRB 080503, a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) with very bright extended emission (about 30 times the gamma-ray fluence of the initial spike) in conjunction with a thorough...
GRB 080503: implications of a naked short gamma-ray burst dominated by extended emission (2009)
Perley, D. A., Metzger, B. D., Granot, J., Butler, N. R., Sakamoto, T., Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico, ...
We report on observations of GRB 080503, a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) with very bright extended emission (about 30 times the gamma-ray fluence of the initial spike) in conjunction with a thorough...
Metzger, B. D., Piro, A. L., Quataert, E.
A white dwarf (WD) approaching the Chandrasekhar mass may in several cases undergo accretion-induced collapse (AIC) to a neutron star (NS) before a thermonuclear explosion ensues. It has generally...
GRB 080503: Implications of a Naked Short Gamma-Ray Burst Dominated by Extended Emission (2008)
Perley, D. A., Metzger, B. D., Granot, J., Butler, N. R., Sakamoto, T., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., ...
We report on observations of GRB 080503, a short gamma-ray burst with very bright extended emission (about 30 times the gamma-ray fluence of the initial spike) in conjunction with a thorough...
Metzger, B. D., Piro, A. L., Quataert, E.
Accretion disks with masses ~0.001-0.1 Msun form during the merger of neutron star (NS)-NS and black hole-NS binaries. Initially, such hyper-accreting disks cool efficiently by neutrino emission and...
Time-Dependent Models of Accretion Disks Formed from Compact Object Mergers (2008)
Metzger, B. D., Piro, A. L., Quataert, E.
We present time-dependent models of the accretion disks created during compact object mergers, focusing on the energy available from accretion at late times and the composition of the disk and its...