The X-ray afterglow of the short gamma ray burst 050724
The X-ray afterglow of the short gamma ray burst 050724
Short duration (2 s) Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been a mystery since their discovery. Until May 2005 very little was known about short GRBs, but this situation has changed rapidly in the last few months since the Swift and HETE-2 satellites have made it possible to discover X-ray and optical …