Rare isotopes formed in prelude to γ-ray burst

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Kasen, Daniel
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-4194
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00310-6
• 发表日期: 2024-02-22
• 页码: 717-718
• 关键词: kilonova; mergers

摘要

The afterglow of a long burst of gamma-rays suggests that the events leading to these explosions can be sizeable sources of some of the Universe's rare isotopes - and that classifications of gamma-ray bursts are too simplistic.