On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts

Details On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts

1996-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9606032v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, plain LaTex, 7 Postscript figures

Scientific paper

We propose that repeated photoexcitation/ionization of high Z atoms of highly relativistic flows by star light in dense stellar regions followed by emission of decay/recombination photons, which are beamed and boosted to gamma ray energies in the observer frame, produce gamma ray bursts (GRBs). We show that this overlooked mechanism, which is able to convert efficiently baryonic kinetic energy release in merger or accretion induced collapse of neutron stars into cosmological GRBs, reproduces remarkably well all the main observed properties of GRBs.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and On The Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-532779