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We calculate the nuclear composition of matter in accretion disks surrounding stellar mass black holes as are thought to accompany gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We follow a mass element in the accretion disk starting at the point of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Surman , G. C. McLaughlin

We investigate nucleosynthesis inside the gamma-ray burst (GRB) accretion disks and in the outflows launched from these disks mainly in the context of Type II collapsars. We report the synthesis of several unusual nuclei like 31P, 39K,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-23 Indrani Banerjee

We investigate nucleosynthesis inside the outflows from gamma-ray burst (GRB) accretion disks formed by the Type II collapsars. In these collapsars, massive stars undergo core collapse to form a proto-neutron star initially and a mild…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-13 Indrani Banerjee , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Short gamma-ray bursts require a rotating black hole, surrounded by a magnetized relativistic accretion disk, such as the one formed by coalescing binary neutron stars or neutron star - black hole systems. The accretion onto a Kerr black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 Agnieszka Janiuk

A hyperaccretion disk formed around a stellar mass black hole is a plausible model for the central engine that powers gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). If the central black hole rotates and a poloidal magnetic field threads its horizon, a powerful…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Norita Kawanaka , Tsvi Piran , Julian H. Krolik

Rapid, hyper-Eddington accretion is likely to power the central engines of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In the extreme conditions of densities and temperatures the accreting torus is cooled by neutrino emission rather than by radiation. Another…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Agnieszka Janiuk , Rosalba Perna , Tiziana Di Matteo , Bozena Czerny

Recent measurements by the Pierre Auger Observatory suggest that the composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) becomes dominated by heavy nuclei at high energies. However, until now there has been no astrophysical motivation for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Brian D. Metzger , Dimitrios Giannios , Shunsaku Horiuchi

We discuss the possibility that r-process nucleosynthesis may occur in the winds from gamma ray burst accretion disks. This can happen if the temperature of the disk is sufficiently high that electron antineutrinos are trapped as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. C. McLaughlin , R. Surman

At the extreme densities and temperatures typical of the central engine of GRBs, the accreting torus is cooled mainly by advection and by neutrino emission. The latter process is dominated by electron and positron capture onto nucleons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Janiuk , Y. Yuan , R. Perna , T. DiMatteo

The central engine in long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is thought to be a compact object produced by the core collapse of massive stars, but its exact nature (black hole or millisecond magnetar) is still debatable. Although the central engine…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 M. Petropoulou , P. Beniamini , G. Vasilopoulos , D. Giannios , R. Barniol Duran

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

This thesis focuses on the study of the hyperaccreting neutron-star disks and magnetized accretion flows. It is usually proposed that hyperaccreting disks surrounding stellar-mass black holes with a huge accretion rate are central engines…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-22 Dong Zhang

Cosmological GRBs are discussed with an emphasis on their plausible connection with black holes. GRBs can be triggered by collapse of stellar-mass objects that leads to formation of a black hole and a transient debris disk with a huge…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrei M. Beloborodov

Several gamma ray bursts have recently been associated with a kilonova emission. We study the mechanisms which could account for this effect, by means of radioactive decay of elements synthesized in accretion disk wind. We model the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-18 Agnieszka Janiuk , Joseph Saji , Gerardo Urrutia

We use two-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic numerical calculations to show that highly collimated relativistic jets can be produced in neutron star merger models of short-duration gamma ray bursts without the need for a highly directed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-04 Paul C. Duffell , Eliot Quataert , Andrew I. MacFadyen

The nature of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) central engine still remains an enigma. Entities widely believed to be capable of powering the extreme jets are magnetars and black holes. The maximum rotational energy that is available in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-11 Vidushi Sharma , Shabnam Iyyani , Dipankar Bhattacharya

Accretion powers relativistic jets in GRBs, similarly to other jet sources. Black holes that are at heart of long GRBs, are formed as the end product of stellar evolution. At birth, some of the black holes must be very rapidly spinning, to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-30 Agnieszka Janiuk

It has been suggested that strongly magnetised and rapidly rotating protoneutron stars (PNSs) may produce long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originating from stellar core collapse. We explore the steady-state properties and heavy element…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-21 Mukul Bhattacharya , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Kohta Murase

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are presumed to be powered by still unknown central engines for the timescales in the range $1ms \sim$ a few s. We propose that the GRB central engines would be a viable site for strong meson synchrotron emission if…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Akira Tokuhisa , Toshitaka Kajino

A stellar-mass black hole (BH) surrounded by a neutrino-dominated accretion flow (NDAF) is generally considered to be the central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Neutrinos escaping from the disk will annihilate out of the disk to produce…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-10 Xiao-Yan Li , Tong Liu , Bao-Quan Huang , Guo-Yu Li , Da-Bin Lin , Zhi-Lin Chen , Yun Wang