The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar?
The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar?
The majority of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) are thought to originate from the merger of compact binary systems collapsing directly to form a black hole. However, it has been proposed that both SGRBs and long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) may, on rare occasions, form an unstable millisecond pulsar (magnetar) prior to …