Gamma-ray bursts from tidally spun-up Wolf-Rayet stars?

2008/03/31 by R. G. Detmers, N. Langer, Ph. Podsiadlowski +1 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Angular momentum #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #K-type main-sequence star #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Stars #Stellar collision #Stellar evolution #Stellar mass loss #Stellar rotation #T Tauri star #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809371

9 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2008/03/31 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The collapsar model requires rapidly rotating Wolf-Rayet stars as progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts. However, Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars rapidly lose angular momentum due to their intense stellar winds.

Citations

• Doppler Modulation of X-Ray Lines in Cygnus X-3
• Presupernova Evolution of Differentially Rotating Massive Stars Including Magnetic Fields
• On the metallicity dependence of Wolf-Rayet winds
• Tides in asynchronous binary systems

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