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The Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism in stellar-mass black hole (BH) hyperaccretion systems is generally considered to power gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Based on observational GRB data, we use the BZ mechanism driven by the BH hyperaccretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-07 Xiao-Yan Li , Tong Liu

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

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) and ultra-LGRBs (ULGRBs) originate from collapsars, in the center of which a newborn rotating stellar-mass black hole (BH) surrounded by a massive accretion disk may form. In the scenario of BH…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Tong Liu , Cui-Ying Song , Bing Zhang , Wei-Min Gu , Alexander Heger

The energetics of the long duration GRB phenomenum is compared with the BZ mechanism. A rough estimate of the energy extracted from a rotating Black Hole with the Blandford-Znajek mechanism is evaluated with a very simple assumption: an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Barbiellini , F. Longo

A hyperaccreting stellar-mass black hole has been proposed as the candidate central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The rich observations of GRBs by \textit{Fermi} and \textit{Swift} make it possible to constrain the central engine model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-08 Wei-Hua Lei , Bing Zhang , Xue-Feng Wu , En-Wei Liang

Collapse of massive stars may result in formation of accreting black holes in their interior. The accreting stellar matter may advect substantial magnetic flux onto the black hole and promote release of its rotational energy via magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 S. S. Komissarov , M. V. Barkov

A hyperaccretion disk around a stellar-mass black hole is a plausible model for the central engine that powers gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We estimate the luminosity of a jet driven by magnetohydrodynamic processes such as the Blandford-Znajek…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-16 Norita Kawanaka

X-ray flares in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to be generated by the late activities of central engine, and thus provide an useful tool to diagnose the properties of central objects. In this paper, we work on a GRB X-ray flare sample…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 Shuang-Xi Yi , Wei Xie , Shuai-Bing Ma , Wei-Hua Lei , Mei Du

Under the assumption that a Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) is ultimately produced by a Blandford-Znajek (BZ) jet from a highly spinning black hole BH, we put limits on the magnetic field and BH mass needed to power observed long and short GRBs. For…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Chris Fryer , Jonah Miller , Neelima Prasad , Chris Torres , Phillip Martin

We propose a three-stage model with Blandford-Znajek (BZ) and hyperaccretion process to interpret the recent observations of early afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In the first stage, the prompt GRB is powered by a rotating black hole…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei-Hua Lei , Ding-Xiong Wang , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Lei Zhang

The ultrarelativistic jets triggered by neutrino annihilation processes or Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanisms in stellar-mass black hole (BH) hyperaccretion systems are generally considered to power gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Due to the high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 Hui-Min Qu , Tong Liu

Hyperaccreting stellar-mass black hole systems are leading candidates for the central engines of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Their jets are thought to be powered by either the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) process or neutrino-dominated accretion flows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-25 Xue Zhang , Shuang-Xi Yi , Wei-Hua Lei , Tong Liu , Yu-Peng Yang , Ying Qin , Yan-Kun Qu , Qing-Wen Tang , Fa-Yin Wang

A neutrino-dominated accretion flow (NDAF) around a rotating stellar-mass black hole (BH) is one of the plausible candidates for the central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Two mechanisms, i.e., Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Tong Liu , Shu-Jin Hou , Li Xue , Wei-Min Gu

An extreme Kerr black hole (BH) surrounded by a precessing disk is invoked to explain the light curves of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) based on the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) and the magnetic coupling (MC) processes. The overall…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-16 W. H. Lei , D. X. Wang , B. P. Gong , C. Y. Huang

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

Several issues regarding the Blandford-Znajek process are discussed to demonstrate that it can be an effective mechanism for powering the gamma ray bursts. Using a simple circuit analysis it is argued that the disk power increases the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hyun Kyu Lee , G. E. Brown , R. A. M. J. Wijers

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

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

It was suggested that the relativistic jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powered via the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) mechanism or the annihilation of neutrinos and anti-neutrinos from a neutrino cooling-dominated accretion flow (NDAF). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Xinwu Cao , En-Wei Liang , Ye-Fei Yuan

In this study we explore the magnetic mechanism of hypernovae and relativistic jets of long duration gamma ray bursts within the collapsar scenario. This is an extension of our earlier work [1]. We track the collapse of massive rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Maxim V. Barkov , Serguei S. Komissarov
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