Black hole neutron star coalescence as a source of gamma-ray bursts
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We present the results of hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations showing the coalescence of a black hole with a neutron star to be a promising theoretical source of short duration gamma-ray bursts. The favorable features of the process include rapid onset, millisecond variability, a duration much longer than the dynamical timescale, and a range of outcomes sufficient to allow variety in the properties of individual gamma-ray bursts. Interestingly, the process of coalescence differs rather markedly from past predictions.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9711172,
title = {Black hole neutron star coalescence as a source of gamma-ray bursts},
author = {W. H. Lee and W. Kluzniak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9711172},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses aipproc.sty . To appear in 4th Gamma Ray Bursts Symposium, C.A. Meegan and P. Cushman, eds