Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-01-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings of the conference: "Circumstellar Media and Late Stages of Massive Stellar Evolution". Ensenada
Scientific paper
The possibility that gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were not isotropic emissions was devised theoretically as a way to ameliorate the huge energetic budget implied by the standard fireball model for these powerful phenomena. However, the mechanism by which after the quasy-isotropic release of a few $10^{50} $erg yields a collimated ejection of plasma could not be satisfactory explained analytically. The reason being that the collimation of an outflow by its progenitor system depends on a very complex and non-linear dynamics. That has made necessary the use of numerical simulations in order to shed some light on the viability of some likely progenitors of GRBs. In this contribution I will review the most relevant features shown by these numerical simulations and how they have been used to validate the collapsar model (for long GRBs) and the model involving the merger of compact binaries (for short GRBs).
Aloy Miguel A.
Obergaulinger Martin
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