Gamma-Ray Counts (IMAGE)

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Gamma-Ray Counts

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This is a graph showing gamma-ray counts against time, whose initial peak is 1.7 seconds after the final coalescence of the two neutron stars. This short gamma-ray burst lasts for about three seconds during the period when the gravitational wave frequency declines, shown in Figure 1.

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A.M. Goldstein et al. / M.H.P.M. van Putten & M. Della Valle

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