On the Central Engine of short Gamma-ray Bursts

Details On the Central Engine of short Gamma-ray Bursts On the Central Engine of short Gamma-ray Bursts

2003-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309201v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures

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We assess two mechanisms to produce a short GRB from a neutron star coalescence: the annihilation of neutrino and anti-neutrino pairs and magnetic processes within the remnant. We find that the neutrino-driven wind from the remnant can collimate the jets produced via neutrino annihilation into a small solid angle. This mechanism satisfies the observational constraints on the apparent luminosity and on the merger event rate. Moreover, the supermassive neutron star that is formed in the center of the remnant is expected to act as a convective dynamo reaching equipartition field strengths within fractions of a second. The associated spin-down time scale is similar to the typical duration of short GRBs.

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