The circumstellar environment of rotating Wolf-Rayet Stars and the implications for GRB afterglows

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2006-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610413v1

Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.Lond.A365:1255-1256,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 1 figure. To appear in the proceedings of the RS GRB discussion meeting

Scientific paper

10.1098/rsta.2006.1973

If Wolf-Rayet stars are the progenitors of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), they must
rotate rapidly to produce the GRB. This rotation may effect their stellar-wind
bubbles and possibly explain why so many GRB afterglows occur in a constant
density medium.

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