gamma-ray burst

English

Noun

gamma-ray burst (plural gamma-ray bursts)

1. (astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) GRB

Coordinate terms

• fast radio burst (“FRB”)
• soft gamma repeater (“SGR”)
• hypernova (“HN”)
• supernova (“SN”)

Translations

flash of gamma rays

• Basque: gamma izpien eztanda
• Finnish: gammapurkaus
• French: sursaut gamma (fr) m
• German: Gammastrahlenblitz m, Gammablitz (de) m
• Icelandic: gammablossi m
• Irish: rois gháma-ghathach f