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PRONUNCIATION OF GAMMA-RAY BURST

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WHAT DOES GAMMA-RAY BURST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gamma-ray burst

Gamma-ray bursts are flashes of gamma rays associated with extremely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies. They are the brightest electromagnetic events known to occur in the universe. Bursts can last from ten milliseconds to several minutes. The initial burst is usually followed by a longer-lived "afterglow" emitted at longer wavelengths. Most observed GRBs are believed to consist of a narrow beam of intense radiation released during a supernova or hypernova as a rapidly rotating, high-mass star collapses to form a neutron star, quark star, or black hole. A subclass of GRBs appear to originate from a different process – this may be due to the merger of binary neutron stars. The cause of the precursor burst observed in some of these short events may be due to the development of a resonance between the crust and core of such stars as a result of the massive tidal forces experienced in the seconds leading up to their collision, causing the entire crust of the star to shatter. The sources of most GRBs are billions of light years away from Earth, implying that the explosions are both extremely energetic and extremely rare.

Definition of gamma-ray burst in the English dictionary

The definition of gamma-ray burst in the dictionary is an intense but short-lived burst of gamma rays from an unknown celestial source. First detected in 1970, they have since been found to be widely distributed in the sky.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAMMA-RAY BURST

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GAMMA-RAY BURST

aburst
airburst
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burst
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groundburst
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Synonyms and antonyms of gamma-ray burst in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gamma-ray burst» into 25 languages

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The translations of gamma-ray burst from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gamma-ray burst» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伽玛射线爆发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estallido de rayos gamma
570 millions of speakers

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gamma-ray burst
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गामा किरण फट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انفجار اشعة جاما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гамма-всплеск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

explosão de raios gama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গামা-রে বিস্ফোরিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sursaut gamma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Letupan gamma-ray
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gamma - Ray Burst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガンマ線バースト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감마선 버스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gamma-ray burst
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tia gamma nổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காமா கதிர் வெடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅमा-रे विस्फोट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gama ışını patlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gamma- ray burst
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybuch gamma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гамма - сплеск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

explozie de raze gama
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκρηξη ακτίνων-γ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gammastraal- uitbarsting
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gammablixt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gammaglimt
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gamma-ray burst

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMMA-RAY BURST»

Discover the use of gamma-ray burst in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gamma-ray burst and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray ...
This book is ideal for a special topics graduate course on gravitational-wave astronomy and as an introduction to those interested in this contemporary development in physics.
Maurice H. P. M. van Putten, 2005
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Gamma-ray bursts: 30 years of discovery : gamma-ray burst ...
In the last thirty years, gamma-ray bursts have grown from an oddity to a central position in astrophysics.
Edward E. Fenimore, Mark Galassi, 2004
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What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?
What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts? is an essential primer to this exciting frontier of scientific inquiry, and a must-read for anyone seeking to keep pace with cutting-edge developments in physics today.
Joshua S. Bloom, 2011
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: The brightest explosions in the Universe
Since their discovery was first announced in 1973, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been among the most fascination objects in the universe.
Gilbert Vedrenne, Jean-Luc Atteia, 2009
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Gamma-ray Bursts: Observations, Analyses and Theories
Summarizes the current understanding of Astronomical gamma-ray bursts, short-lived flashes of high-energy radiation, which have eluded even a basic explanation for over twenty years, and describes directions for future research.
Cheng Ho, Richard I. Epstein, Edward E. Fenimore, 1992
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Gamma-Ray Burst: Sixth Huntsville Symposium, Huntsville
This was a technical symposium for astrophysicists working on gamma-ray bursts. It included discussions on the latest theoretical and experimental research on this topic, as well as plans for the next generation of orbiting instrumentation.
Charles Meegan, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Neil Gehrels, 2009
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Gamma Ray Burst Outflows and Afterglows
We carry out a theoretical investigation of jet propagation in Gamma Ray Bursts and examine the jitter radiation mechanism as a means of producing prompt and afterglow emission.
Brian J. Morsony, 2008
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Gamma-ray Burst Observations Above 100 GeV with STACEE.
Alexander Charles Jarvis. The intrinsic high-energy cutoffs of GRB spectra are not known precisely. In fact, the measurement of such a cutoff would give us significant information about burst physics, such as the maximum Lorentz factor of the ...
Alexander Charles Jarvis, 2008
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Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: Proceedings of the ...
Thus suitable gamma-ray burst time histories can set limits on the mass of the photon and the energy scale of quantum gravity. At the "long" end of the GRB duration scale, it has been assumed for years that most bursts lasted less than about ...
Enrico Costa, Filippo Frontera, J. HJORTH (Ed), 2001
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Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Greatest Explosions ...
... more sensitive observations of the gamma-ray burst intensity and sky distributions (Meegan et al. 1992). Prior to these observations, the source of gamma-ray bursts were considered by most workers in the field to be relatively nearby ...
Mario Livio, Nino Panagia, Kailash Sahu, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAMMA-RAY BURST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gamma-ray burst is used in the context of the following news items.
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Record-breaking super bright supernova spotted in southern sky
A recent study further connects a superluminous supernova to a gamma-ray burst that shone for hours – adding more fuel to the idea's bright ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
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NASA's Fermi sees record flare from a black hole in a distant galaxy …
As the satellite's Large Area Telescope studied 3C 279, its Gamma-ray Burst Monitor became the busiest it has ever been since the start of the ... «Science News, Jul 15»
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... explains: "Since a long-duration gamma-ray burst is produced only ... associated with an ultra-long gamma-ray burst", by J. Greiner et al., ... «Space Daily, Jul 15»
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Some long-duration gamma-ray bursts are driven by magnetars
This artist's impression shows a supernova and associated gamma-ray burst driven by a rapidly spinning neutron star with a strong magnetic ... «Astronomy Magazine, Jul 15»
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Rare X-ray nova detected by NASA's Swift explorer
In mid-June, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer captured the beginning of a rare X-ray outburst in the binary system V404 Cygni. Here is ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Black hole caught burping a rare X-ray flare
In a single week, flares from V404 Cygni generated more than 70 "triggers" of the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) aboard Fermi. This is more ... «Penn State News, Jul 15»
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Gold doesn't fall out of the sky – but it's created in the heavens
While we've previously wrote on the importance and creation of gold here, research based on recent observations of a nearby gamma-ray burst ... «ZME Science, Jun 15»
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How The GOP Could Win Pennsylvania
More would be needed to offset the gamma-ray burst of Democratic votes emanating from Philadelphia. So, what about independent voters? «The Federalist, Jun 15»
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Scientists discover new clue for origin of gold
The discovery of macronova in GRB060614 suggested the gamma-ray burst came from the merger of a neutron star and a stellar-mass black ... «Global Times, Jun 15»
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Lasers of the future will be capable of reproducing gamma-ray bursts
A gamma-ray burst lasting only 10 seconds is said to emit more energy than the sun would over 10 billion years. That said, it's foolish to think ... «SlashGear, Jun 15»

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