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Comments on the optical and radio detection of black hole explosions

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IT has recently been suggested1 that it may be easier to detect the explosions of miniholes by the radio and optical pulses produced by the interaction of the emitted particles with the interstellar magnetic fields, than by the direct detection of the high energy γ rays2.

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  1. Nuclear Physics Division, AERE, Harwell, Oxon, OX11 0RA

    J. V. JELLEY

  2. The Physics Department, University College, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland

    G. A. BAIRD & E. O'MONGAIN

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JELLEY, J., BAIRD, G. & O'MONGAIN, E. Comments on the optical and radio detection of black hole explosions. Nature 267, 499–500 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/267499a0

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