BALLERINA—Pirouettes in search of gamma burst sources

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Brandt ◽  
Niels Lund
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Burst

The transformation of the coordinates of a gamma burst source to a star catalogue

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Bisnovaty-Kogan ◽  
I. V. Estulin ◽  
N. G. Havenson ◽  
V. G. Kurt ◽  
G. A. Mersov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burst Source ◽  
Star Catalogue ◽  
Gamma Burst

scholarly journals The Origin of the Enhanced Dissipation “α” in Accretion Discs and its Relation to Gamma Bursts

1987 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 546-546
Author(s):  
Stirling A. Colgate
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Energy Release ◽  
Velocity Shear ◽  
Accretion Discs ◽  
Large Energy ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Large Temperature ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Convective Turbulence ◽  
Gamma Burst

The source of the enhanced dissipation or “α” viscosity of Keplerian accretion discs is central in all putative mechanisms for large energy release by matter accreting onto condensed objects and for the basic mechanism of star formation. The circumstances of gamma burst formation on neutron stars suggest convective buoyancy as a necessary condition for the large α. This is because the total mass ≅ 1019 g necessary to supply the energy of a gamma burst derived from infall is a natural limit for the mass stored in a disc without α viscosity. This suggests that buoyancy driven convective turbulence is the source of the enhanced transport in disc evolution models (Shakura and Sunyaev 1973). In support of this conjecture we find that the maximum possible energy released by ideal friction operating on the velocity shear of a disc is twice that required to destabilize the angular momentum distribution of such a disc. The heat energy available from an α viscosity is twice that necessary to create α in the first place. Hence, a nonlinear instability–nonlinear to create convective turbulence and nonlinear to create shear viscosity heating–is sufficient to drive α. One characteristic that would prevent the formation of such an instability is degeneracy of the disc matter as it accumulates near a neutron star (Paczynski and Jaroszynski 1978). Degeneracy inhibits strong convection because a given energy release within degenerate matter results in a large temperature, and hence large energy transport without convection. Convection occurs in an accretion disc whenever the energy which is dissipated in the disc requires a superadiabatic temperature gradient for its radiative or conductive transport to the surface. Some gamma burst mechanisms require exactly such a mechanism as a degenerate disc close to the neutron star in the correct mass (≅ 1019 g), at the correct radius several times the neutron star radius, to supply gravitational energy for a gamma burst. The degenerate disc accumulates mass stably until the density is great enough that degenerate fluid viscosity evolves the disc into contact with the neutron star. The large energy released by velocity shear at contact heats the disc causing rapid evolution and a gamma burst.

scholarly journals Gamma burst emission from neutron star accretion

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stirling A. Colgate ◽  
Albert G. Petschek ◽  
Robert Sarracino
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gamma Burst ◽  
Burst Emission

scholarly journals Ion chamber gamma burst detector

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stirling A. Colgate
Keyword(s):  
Ion Chamber ◽  
Gamma Burst

Gamma-burst observations from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Evans ◽  
E. E. Fenimore ◽  
R. W. Klebesadel ◽  
J. G. Laros ◽  
N. J. Terrell
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Burst

Gamma spectrometer XENON for space gamma burst study on board ISS

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey E. Ulin ◽  
K. F. Vlasik ◽  
A. M. Galper ◽  
V. M. Grachev ◽  
Valery V. Dmitrenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Spectrometer ◽  
Gamma Burst

Gamma-burst positions - are they reliable?

1995 ◽  
Vol 231 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Lund
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Burst

scholarly journals Dopamine-dependent scaling of subthalamic gamma bursts with movement velocity in patients with Parkinson’s disease

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Lofredi ◽  
Wolf-Julian Neumann ◽  
Antje Bock ◽  
Andreas Horn ◽  
Julius Huebl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Maximal Velocity ◽  
Movement Velocity ◽  
Gamma Power ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Cardinal Symptoms ◽  
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery ◽  
Gamma Burst

Gamma synchronization increases during movement and scales with kinematic parameters. Here, disease-specific characteristics of this synchronization and the dopamine-dependence of its scaling in Parkinson’s disease are investigated. In 16 patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, movements of different velocities revealed that subthalamic gamma power peaked in the sensorimotor part of the subthalamic nucleus, correlated positively with maximal velocity and negatively with symptom severity. These effects relied on movement-related bursts of transient synchrony in the gamma band. The gamma burst rate highly correlated with averaged power, increased gradually with larger movements and correlated with symptom severity. In the dopamine-depleted state, gamma power and burst rate significantly decreased, particularly when peak velocity was slower than ON medication. Burst amplitude and duration were unaffected by the medication state. We propose that insufficient recruitment of fast gamma bursts during movement may underlie bradykinesia as one of the cardinal symptoms in Parkinson’s disease.

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