期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 397, 期 3, 页码 1153-1168出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14831.x
关键词
black hole physics; MHD; relativity; methods: numerical; supernovae: general; gamma-rays: bursts
资金
- STFC
- STFC [ST/H008799/1, ST/F002092/1, ST/H008802/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F002092/1, ST/H008802/1, ST/H008799/1] Funding Source: researchfish
The collapse of massive stars may result in the formation of accreting black holes in their interiors. The accreting stellar matter may advect substantial magnetic flux on to the black hole and promote the release of its rotational energy via magnetic stresses (the Blandford-Znajek mechanism). In this paper we explore whether this process can explain the stellar explosions and relativistic jets associated with long gamma-ray bursts. In particular, we show that the Blandford-Znajek mechanism is activated when the rest mass-energy density of matter drops below the energy density of the magnetic field in the near vicinity of the black hole (within its ergosphere). We also discuss whether such a strong magnetic field is in conflict with the rapid rotation of the stellar core required in the collapsar model, and suggest that the conflict can be avoided if the progenitor star is a component of a close binary. In this case the stellar rotation can be sustained via spin-orbital interaction. In an alternative scenario the magnetic field is generated in the accretion disc, but in this case the magnetic flux through the black hole ergosphere is not expected to be sufficiently high to explain the energetics of hypernovae by the BZ mechanism alone. However, this energy deficit can be recovered via the additional power provided by the disc.
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