Journal article
Constraints on Type Ib/c and GRB Progenitors
- Abstract:
- Although there is strong support for the collapsar engine as the power source of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), we still do not definitively know the progenitor of these explosions. Here we review the current set of progenitor scenarios for long-duration GRBs and the observational constraints on these scenarios. Examining these, we find that single-star models cannot be the only progenitor for long-duration GRBs. Several binary progenitors can match the solid observational constraints and also have the potential to match the trends we are currently seeing in the observations. Type Ib/c supernovae are also likely to be produced primarily in binaries; we discuss the relationship between the progenitors of these explosions and those of the long-duration GRBs.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Journal:
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific More from this journal
- Volume:
- 119
- Issue:
- 861
- Publication date:
- 2007-12-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2007-09-18
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1538-3873
- ISSN:
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0004-6280
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:205434
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uuid:cc2bb8df-f9b8-4920-9331-6ecc3a10b471
- Local pid:
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pubs:205434
- Source identifiers:
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205434
- Deposit date:
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2013-02-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Notes:
- © 2007. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from IOP Publishing at: [10.1086/523768].
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