A Burst of Speculation
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
Self-consistent models of gamma-ray burst source regions at 100 Kpc distance are possible if the radiating plasma is confined to very thin sheets, and I estimate parameters. Energy sources might be elastic (by starquakes) or magnetic (by reconnection), but mechanisms remain obscure. I discuss a very speculative model involving collisions between comets in a hypothetical inner Oort cloud.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9211001,
title = {A Burst of Speculation},
author = {J. I. Katz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9211001},
year = {2015}
}
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5pp