Heliospheric Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Abstract
Systematic variations of average observational characteristics and correlation properties between different parameters of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with time from 1991 April to 1994 September are revealed. It is hard to explain the observed long-term variability by variations of experimental conditions. The variability of GRB properties with the time scale of months to years, together with the similarity between GRBs, solar hard X-ray flares and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, may indicate an origin of GRBs, at least partly, within the heliosphere. Large-voltage and high-temperature pinch plasma columns produced by disruptive electrical discharges in the outer heliosphere can generate hard X-ray and gamma-ray flashes with energy spectra and spectral evolution characters consistent with that observed in GRBs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9704264,
title = {Heliospheric Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts},
author = {Ti-Pei Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9704264},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
LaTex, epsfig. 20 pages, 17 figures, replace to correct the definition of Epk and revise Figs 12-15