Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-21
Phys.Rev.Lett.84:3752-3755,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages LaTex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3752
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) appear as the brightest transient phenomena in the Universe. The nature of the central engine in GRBs is a missing link in the theory of fireballs to their stellar mass progenitors. Here it is shown that rotating black holes produce electron-positron outflow when brought into contact with a strong magnetic field. The outflow is produced by a coupling of the spin of the black hole to the orbit of the particles. For a nearly extreme Kerr black hole, particle outflow from an initial state of electrostatic equilibrium has a normalized isotropic emission of $\sim 5\times10^{48}(B/B_c)^2(M/7M_\odot)^2\sin^2\theta$ erg/s, where B is the external magnetic field strength, B_c=4.4 x 10^{13}G, and M is the mass of the black hole. This initial outflow has a half-opening angle $\theta\ge\sqrt{B_c/3B}$. A connection with fireballs in $\gamma$-ray bursts is given.
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