Conversion of neutron stars to strange stars as the central engine of gamma-ray bursts

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作者
Bombaci, I
Datta, B
机构
[1] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[3] Indian Inst Astrophys, Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, India
[4] Raman Res Inst, Bangalore 560080, Karnataka, India
关键词
equation of state; gamma rays : bursts; stars : neutron;
D O I
10.1086/312497
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the conversion of a neutron star to a strange star as a possible energy source for gamma-ray bursts. We use different recent models for the equation of state of neutron star matter and strange quark matter. We show that the total amount of energy liberated in the conversion is in the range of (1-4) x 10(53) ergs (1 order of magnitude larger than previous estimates) and is in agreement with the energy required to power gamma-ray burst sources at cosmological distances.
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