Precession of neutrino-cooled accretion disks in gamma-ray burst engines

Details Precession of neutrino-cooled accretion disks in gamma-ray burst engines Precession of neutrino-cooled accretion disks in gamma-ray burst engines

2005-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511639v3

Astron. Astrophys. 454: 11-16, 2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20054564

We study the precession of accretion disks in the context of gamma-ray burst inner engines. With an accretion disk model that allows for neutrino cooling, we evaluate the possible periods of disk precession and nutation due to the Lense-Thirring effect. Assuming jet ejection perpendicular to the disk midplane and a typical intrinsic time dependence for the burst, we find possible gamma-ray light curves with temporal microstructure similar to what is observed in some subsamples. We conclude that the precession and nutation of a neutrino-cooled accretion disk in the burst engine might be responsible for some events, especially those with a slow rise and a fast decay.

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