Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
1998-05-17
Gen.Rel.Grav. 30 (1998) 1563-1567
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Latex File, 6 pages. This essay received the third award from the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 1998
Scientific paper
Gamma-ray bursts are believed to result from the coalescence of binary neutron stars. However, the standard proposals for conversion of the gravitational energy to thermal energy have difficulties. We show that if the merger of the two neutron stars results in a naked singularity, instead of a black hole, the ensuing quantum particle creation can provide the requisite thermal energy in a straightforward way. The back-reaction of the created particles can avoid the formation of the naked singularity predicted by the classical theory. Hence cosmic censorship holds in the quantum theory, even if it were to be violated in classical general relativity.
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