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THE essentially isotropic distribution of the Vela satellite γ-ray bursts1 implies that the sources are either very local and galactic, or very remote and extragalactic. Of the theories for a remote origin there are two schools of thought, either that these γ-rays originate in shock waves during the formation of type II supernovae2 or that they represent transient pulses of blackbody emission associated with the collapse of a white dwarf to a neutron star3.
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JELLEY, J. Interpretation of double structure in the celestial γ-ray bursts. Nature 249, 747–748 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249747a0
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