Cyclotron lines—A possible clue to the origin of gamma ray bursts
Abstract
Lines have been observed in the spectra of some gamma ray bursts. These can be interpreted as cyclotron lines, and in one case as first and second harmonics. This suggests the origin of gamma bursts near the poles of a sporadically accreting neutron star with a super-strong magnetic field, in a binary system.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00642095
- Bibcode:
- 1981Ap&SS..74..243A
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Cyclotron Radiation;
- Gamma Ray Spectra;
- Neutron Stars;
- Binary Stars;
- Field Strength;
- Line Spectra;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Astrophysics