Fireballs from Quark Stars in the CFL Phase: Application to Gamma Ray Bursters

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2005-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503357v2

Astrophys.J. 632 (2005) 1001-1007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 journal pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/444347

Recent studies of photon-generation mechanisms in the color-superconducting Color-Flavor Locked (CFL) phase of dense quark matter have found gamma-ray emissivities in excess of ~ 10^{50} erg cm^{-3} s^{-1} for temperatures in the 10-30 MeV range. We suggest that this property can trigger gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and associated fireballs at the surface of hypothetical hot (newly born) quark stars with an energy release of up to 10^{48}-10^{50} erg within a fraction of a millisecond. If surrounded by an accretion disk following its formation, the star's bursting activity can last from tens of milliseconds to hundreds of seconds releasing up to 10^{52} erg in total energy. We discuss typical features of observed GRBs within our model and explain how quark stars in the CFL phase might constitute natural candidates for corresponding inner engines.

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