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On the progenitors of collapsars

Jun, 2002
3 pages
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  • AIP Conf.Proc. 662 (2003) 1, 214-216
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  • Published: May 14, 2003
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Abstract: (AIP)
We study the evolution of stars that may be the progenitors of common (long‐soft) GRBs. Bare rotating helium stars, presumed to have lost their envelopes due to winds or companions, are followed from central helium ignition to iron core collapse. Including realistic estimates of angular momentum transport [1] by non‐magnetic processes and mass loss, one is still able to create a collapsed object at the end with sufficient angular momentum to form a centrifugally supported disk, i.e., to drive a collapsar engine. However, inclusion of current estimates of magnetic torques [2] results in too little angular momentum for collapsars.