Abstract Short period transient X-ray emissions (FTX) have been observed from several sources in the sky and the largest single group of objects identified with such sources are active stars - flare stars and RS CVn binaries. We study the number, source and flux distribution of the fast transient X-ray sources and show that all the FTX emission can be treated as flares in the interbinary regions of active stars. We further suggest that the FTX emission is a common feature of the gamma ray bursts (GRBs). We discuss the evidence for the similarity between the hard X-ray flares and GRBs. We examine the possibility that the gamma ray bursts are the impulsive precursors of FTX originating from active stars with large scale magnetic activity.


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    Title :

    Fast transient X-rays and gamma ray bursts—are they stellar flares?


    Contributors:
    Rao, A.R. (author) / Vahia, M.N. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 10 , 2 ; 187-189


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    3 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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