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mergeburst

noun

Etymology

From merge + burst.

  1. derived from *bʰres-✻
  2. derived from *brestaną✻
  3. derived from *brestan✻
  4. derived from berstan
  5. derived from bresten
  6. compounded as mergeburst — “merge + burst”

Definitions

  1. An outburst of energy following a merger of two stars.

    • This suggests that it was a mergeburst of a K-type main sequence star and a lower mass companion. The distance estimate is uncertain and the peak luminosity is ≈ −6mag. It is plausible that other Galactic events also have similar[…]
    • One idea, put forward by Tylenda and Noam Soker of the Israeli Institute of Technology, is that the explosion was a 'mergeburst', formed by the collision and merger of two stars. Computer simulations of such an event neatly describe[…]
    • At the time it was suggested that this was yet another example of a mergeburst – an object undergoing an outburst following a collision or merger event. However, spectra taken subsequently show a very hot, UV bright object[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mergeburst. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA