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Rapidly spinning, strongly magnetized proto-neutron stars ("millisecond proto-magnetars") are candidate central engines of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRB), superluminous supernovae (SLSNe), and binary neutron star mergers. Magnetar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Brian D. Metzger , Paz Beniamini , Dimitrios Giannios

We analyze here late evolutionary stages of massive (with initial mass higher than 8 masses of the Sun) close binary stars. Our purposes are to study possible mechanisms of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) origin. We suppose in this paper that GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-19 A. I. Bogomazov , V. M. Lipunov , A. V. Tutukov

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are classified into long and short populations (i.e., LGRBs and SGRBs) based on the observed bimodal distribution of duration $T_{90}$. Multimessenger observations indicated that most SGRBs and LGRBs should be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Yun-Feng Wei , Tong Liu

Although the association of gamma-ray bursts with massive stellar death is on firm footing, the nature of the progenitor system and the key ingredients required for a massive star to produce a gamma-ray burst remain open questions. Here, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Angel Hernandez , Roseanne M. Cheng , Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Carl E. Fields

We study gravitational radiation from various proposed gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitor models, in particular compact mergers and massive stellar collapses. These models have in common a high angular rotation rate, and the final stage…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Shiho Kobayashi , Peter Meszaros

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow observations have allowed us to significantly constrain the engines producing these energetic explosions. Te redshift and position information provided by these afterglows have already allowed us to limit the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Chris L. Fryer , Gabriel Rockefeller , Patrick A. Young

Recently much work in studying Gamma-Ray Burst has been devoted to revealing the nature of outburst mechanism and studies of GRB afterglows. These issues have also been closely followed by the quest for identifying GRB progenitors. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Krzysztof Belczynski , Tomasz Bulik , Bronislaw Rudak

Although there is strong support for the collapsar engine as the power source of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), we still do not definitively know the progenitor of these explosions. Here we review the current set of progenitor…

Short and long Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate in subclasses with specific energy release, spectra, duration, etc, and have binary progenitors. We review here the binary-driven hypernovae (BdHNe) subclass whose progenitor is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-16 J. A. Rueda , R. Ruffini , Y. Wang

We study statistical properties of long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) produced by the collapsing cores of WR stars in binary systems. Fast rotation of the cores enables a two-stage collapse scenario, implying the formation of a spinar-like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-28 G. V. Lipunova , E. S. Gorbovskoy , A. I. Bogomazov , V. M. Lipunov

Gravitational wave astronomy has revealed that close binaries with compact companions are widespread. Long GRBs (LGRBs) from massive star collapse face persistent challenges in achieving the rapid core rotation required by the collapsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 He Gao

The collapsar model is the most promising scenario to explain the huge release of energy associated with long duration gamma-ray-bursts (GRBs). Within this scenario GRBs are believed to be powered by accretion through a rotationally support…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Agnieszka Janiuk , Daniel Proga

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are thought to be associated with the core-collapse of massive, rapidly spinning stars and the formation of black holes. However, efficient angular momentum transport in stellar interiors, currently supported…

As progenitors of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), core collapse of massive stars and coalescence of compact object binaries are believed to be powerful sources of gravitational waves (GWs). In the collapsar scenario, a rotating stellar-mass black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 Yun-Feng Wei , Tong Liu

The successful operation of dedicated detectors has brought us valuable information for understanding the central engine and the progenitor of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). For instance, the giant X-ray and optical bumps found in some…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-13 Litao Zhao , He Gao , WeiHua Lei , Lin Lan , Liangduan Liu

Recently, a short-duration GRB with supernova association (GRB 200826A) and two long-duration GRBs with kilonova associations (GRB 211211A and GRB 230307A) have been detected, which demolished the hope for a tidy connection between GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-03 Bing Zhang

Growing evidence connects the progenitor systems of the short-hard subclass of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) to the merger of compact object binaries composed by two neutron stars (NSs) or by a NS and a black hole (BH). The recent observation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Riccardo Ciolfi

After decades of observations the physical mechanisms that generate short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) still remain unclear. Observational evidence provides support to the idea that SGRBs originate from the merger of compact binaries,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-07 Riccardo Ciolfi , Daniel M. Siegel

We present our numerical results of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the collapse of rotating massive stars in light of the collapsar model of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Pushed by recent evolution calculations of GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-02 Seiji Harikae , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake