ISSN:
1090-6487
Keywords:
97.60.Jd
;
97.60.Lf
;
95.30.Cq
;
98.70.Rz
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A detailed analysis is presented for a novel scenario in which gamma-ray bursts are of intergalactic origin and arise from the induced collapse of an isolated neutron star triggered by a primordial black hole. The energy released from the phase transition of accreted nucleon matter into a quark-gluon plasma is transferred by degenerate neutrinos to the star’s surface, where neutrinos annihilate into an electron-positron plasma and produce an inverted temperature layer that preserves a fire-ball from undue baryonic pollution. Possible observational tests include the absence of apparent cosmological time dilation, the location of γ-ray bursts primarily outside of galaxies, a specific shape of the log N-log S curve, with a large peak near red shift z∼10, the emission of ∼10−3 of the total energy in the form of 100-GeV photons, a bimodal distribution of durations, a very weak accompanying pulse of gravitational radiation, etc.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.568241
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