Hydrodymanic collimation of GRB fireballs
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- 24 January 2000
Abstract
Analytic solutions are presented for the hydrodynamic collimation of a relativistic fireball by a surrounding baryonic wind emanating from a torus. The opening angle is shown to be the ratio of the power output of the inner fireball to that of the exterior baryonic wind. The gamma ray burst 990123 might thus be interpreted as a baryon-pure jet with an energy output of order 10$^{50}$ erg or less, collimated by a baryonic wind from a torus with an energy output of order $10^{52}$ erg.
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- Version 1, 2000-01-24, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 85 (2), 236.
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