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Originally Posted by Shiraz
then there is the 2 second delay from the GW to the gamma ray burst...  . |
I know, right? At first I was all "so was the GRB just released later? bubble through dense plasma a la the sun? or..." then I realised a)no, the peak of the chirp is the conversion of matter to energy, this it IS the GRB and b) a neutron star has no dense layers of dissociated ions like the sun, it's all neutrons (clue's in the name) so that means... "or..."