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Old 23-May-2007, 08:47 PM
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When a gamma ray burst detonates, it releases more energy in just a few minutes than our Sun does in its entire lifetime. For a brief time, a gamma ray burst outshines its entire host galaxy. ...

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Does this suggest that the Lens-Thirring effect is quantized as is its "unwinding" thus allowing the pulse-like generation of the subsequent X-rays?
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