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Nearby stars as sources of gamma-ray bursts

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Observations of ground-based telescopes and the Hubble space telescope made it possible to identify a part of gamma-ray bursts with far objects (redshift parameter Z ≥ 1).However, it remains unclear what are other bursts and what are their sources. The possibility of identifying other bursts with close sources known as small-mass flare stars is considered. The coordinates of space gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) for 2008–2013 and close stars (within the radius r < 25 pc) were compared by the correlation analysis method. Six coincidences were found with an accuracy of ∼0.1°. The probability of accidental coincidence of GRBs with stars is 4 · 10−8, which undoubtedly proves their stellar origin.

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  1. National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    P. D. Markin & B. I. Luchkov

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Original Russian Text © P.D. Markin, B.I. Luchkov, 2014, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 13–20.

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Markin, P.D., Luchkov, B.I. Nearby stars as sources of gamma-ray bursts. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 41, 95–99 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335614040022

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