Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: We discuss the properties of magnetically dominated jetlike outflows from stellar mass black holes surrounded by debris tori resulting from neutron star disruption. These jets may have narrow cores (along the rotation axis) that are almost free of baryons and attain very high bulk Lorentz factors ≳10 6 . The jets give rise to a characteristic MeV to TeV emission as well as to relativistic shocks producing the usual MeV bursts. Because the outflow is highly directional, the properties of the observed gamma rays would depend on the viewing angle relative to the rotation axis. Even for the most intense bursts, which under the assumption of isotropic emission and substantial redshifts would be inferred to emit 10 52 -10 53 ergs, the efficiencies required are only 10 -2 to 10 -4 .
Source: The Astrophysical Journal
DOI: 10.1086/310692
Authors: P. Mészáros, M. J. Rees
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1999798892