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Black Hole Formation and Gamma Ray Bursts

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Recent work on the dyadosphere of a black hole is reviewed with special emphasis on the explanation of gamma ray bursts. A change of paradigm in the observations of black holes is presented.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0001425,
  title  = {Black Hole Formation and Gamma Ray Bursts},
  author = {Remo Ruffini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0001425},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the ESO workshop on "Black Holes in Binaries and Galactic Nuclei", in honour of Prof. R. Giacconi, edited by L. Kaper, E.P.J. van den Heuvel, and P.A. Woudt, and printed in the series ESO Astrophysics Symposia by Springer (2000)