@inbook{2462, author = {D. Lazzati and Rosalba Perna}, title = {Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Marking the Birth of Black Holes from Coalescing Compact Binaries}, year = {2009}, journal = {Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence}, volume = {359}, number = {Astrophysics and Space Science Library}, pages = {245-263}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0067-0057}, isbn = {978-1-4020-9263-3}, doi = {10.1007/978-1-4020-9264-0_6}, }