Conversion of neutron stars to strange stars as the central engine of gamma-ray bursts
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- 27 January 2000
Abstract
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) 10^{53} ergs (one order of magnitude larger than previous estimates) and is in agreement with the energy required to power gamma-ray burst sources at cosmological distances.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2000-01-27, ArXiv
- Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 530 (2), L69.
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