Gamma-Ray Bursts from tidally spun-up Wolf-Rayet stars?
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. We investigate whether the tidal interaction of a Wolf-Rayet star with a compact object in a bi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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