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Gamma Ray Bursts as Death of Magnetized Neutron Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Hitoshi Hanami*
Affiliation:
Physics Section, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka 020, Japan

Abstract

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We propose magnetic cannon ball mechanism in which the collapse of a magnetosphere onto a black hole can generate strong outward Poynting flux which can drive a baryon-free fireball. This process can occur at the final collapsing phase of a neutron star with strong magnetic field. The magnetic cannon ball can drive a relativistic outflow without the rotation of the central object. This baryon-free process can explain gamma-ray bursts as the final phase of dead pulsars.

Type
Part 5 High Energy Phenomena
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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