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A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures
Recent observations suggest that the long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are produced by highly relativistic jets emitted in supernova explosions. We propose that the result of the event is not just a compact object plus the ejecta: within a day, a fraction of the parent star...
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author | Dar, Arnon De Rujula, Alvaro |
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description | Recent observations suggest that the long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are produced by highly relativistic jets emitted in supernova explosions. We propose that the result of the event is not just a compact object plus the ejecta: within a day, a fraction of the parent star falls back to produce a thick accretion disk. The subsequent accretion generates jets and constitutes the GRB ``engine'', as in the observed ejection of relativistic ``cannonballs'' of plasma by microquasars and active galactic nuclei. The GRB is produced as the jetted cannonballs exit the supernova shell reheated by the collision, re-emitting their own radiation and boosting the light of the shell. They decelerate by sweeping up interstellar matter, which is accelerated to cosmic-ray energies and emits synchrotron radiation: the afterglow. We emphasize here a smoking-gun signature of this model of GRBs: the superluminal motion of the afterglow, that can be searched for ---the sooner the better--- in the particular case of GRB 980425. |
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spelling | cern-4559332021-09-19T13:43:35Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/455933engDar, ArnonDe Rujula, AlvaroA cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signaturesAstrophysics and AstronomyRecent observations suggest that the long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are produced by highly relativistic jets emitted in supernova explosions. We propose that the result of the event is not just a compact object plus the ejecta: within a day, a fraction of the parent star falls back to produce a thick accretion disk. The subsequent accretion generates jets and constitutes the GRB ``engine'', as in the observed ejection of relativistic ``cannonballs'' of plasma by microquasars and active galactic nuclei. The GRB is produced as the jetted cannonballs exit the supernova shell reheated by the collision, re-emitting their own radiation and boosting the light of the shell. They decelerate by sweeping up interstellar matter, which is accelerated to cosmic-ray energies and emits synchrotron radiation: the afterglow. We emphasize here a smoking-gun signature of this model of GRBs: the superluminal motion of the afterglow, that can be searched for ---the sooner the better--- in the particular case of GRB 980425.Recent observations suggest that the long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are produced by highly relativistic jets emitted in supernova explosions. We propose that the result of the event is not just a compact object plus the ejecta: within a day, a fraction of the parent star falls back to produce a thick accretion disk. The subsequent accretion generates jets and constitutes the GRB ``engine'', as in the observed ejection of relativistic ``cannonballs'' of plasma by microquasars and active galactic nuclei. The GRB is produced as the jetted cannonballs exit the supernova shell reheated by the collision, re-emitting their own radiation and boosting the light of the shell. They decelerate by sweeping up interstellar matter, which is accelerated to cosmic-ray energies and emits synchrotron radiation: the afterglow. We emphasize here a smoking-gun signature of this model of GRBs: the superluminal motion of the afterglow, that can be searched for ---the sooner the better--- in the particular case of GRB 980425.astro-ph/0008474CERN-TH-2000-257CERN-TH-2000-257oai:cds.cern.ch:4559332000-08-30 |
spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Dar, Arnon De Rujula, Alvaro A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title | A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title_full | A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title_fullStr | A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title_full_unstemmed | A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title_short | A cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
title_sort | cannonball model of gamma-ray bursts: superluminal signatures |
topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/455933 |
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