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On the Possibility of Identification of a Short/Hard Burst GRB 051103 with the Giant Flare from a Soft Gamma Repeater in the M81 Group of Galaxies

D. D. Frederiks, V. D. Pal'shin, R. L. Aptekar', S. V. Golenetskii, T. L. Cline, E. P. Mazets

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0609544

Abstract

The light curve, energy characteristics, and localization of a short/hard GRB 051103 burst are considered. Evidence in favor of identifying this event with a giant flare from a soft gamma repeater in the nearby M81 group of interacting galaxies is discussed.

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