Are GRB 090423 and Similar bursts due to Superconducting Cosmic strings?
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2011-08-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Superconducting cosmic strings may be able to power energetic gamma-ray bursts, in particular at high-redshifts (). The ultra-relativistic outflows driven by the superconducting cosmic strings, however, seem too narrow to be consistent with the afterglow data of GRB 090423 and GRB 080913.
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@article{arxiv.1105.5147,
title = {Are GRB 090423 and Similar bursts due to Superconducting Cosmic strings?},
author = {Yu Wang and Yi-Zhong Fan and Da-Ming Wei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5147},
year = {2011}
}
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Updated to match the version published in Phys. Rev. Lett