The circumstellar medium around a rapidly rotating, chemically homogeneously evolving, possible gamma-ray burst progenitor

2007/11/29 by Allard Jan van Marle, Norbert Langer, N. Langer +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Biology #Cell biology #Context (archaeology) #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geology #Physics #Progenitor #Progenitor cell #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Stars #Stem cell #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078802

accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics

arxiv created 2007/11/29 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.Rapidly rotating, chemically homogeneously evolving massive stars are considered to be progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts.

Citations

• On the evolution of rapidly rotating massive white dwarfs towards supernovae or collapses
• On the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds
• The circumstellar environment of Wolf-Rayet stars and gamma-ray burst afterglows

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