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

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 831-839

  Detmers, R G ^a,b   Langer, N ^a   Podsiadlowski, Ph ^c   Izzard, R G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: binaries: close; Stars: evolution; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MAGNETISM; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; METALLIZING; MOMENTUM; ROTATION;

BINARY SYSTEMS; BLACK HOLE (BH); DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; EVOLUTION (CO); GAMMA-RAY BURST (GRB); INTENSE (CO); INTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW PROBABILITY; MASS LOSSES; METALLICITY; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; POPULATION SYNTHESIS; SPIN-UP; STELLAR WINDS; TIDAL EFFECTS; WOLF-RAYET; WOLF-RAYET STARS;

STARS;

EID: 44849134121     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809371     Document Type: Article

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