Slingshot on compact binaries in the nuclear region of galaxies as the origin of large offset gamma-ray bursts

arXiv:2610.01850 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-10-01 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-01

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• A lanthanide-rich kilonova in the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst
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