Brightness from the Blackest Night: Bursts of Gamma Rays and Gravity Waves from Black Hole Binaries

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dc.creatorBrown, G. E.
dc.creatorWijers, R. A. M. J.
dc.creatorLee, C. -H.
dc.creatorLee, H. -K.
dc.creatorBethe, H. A.
dc.date1999-05-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:31:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:31:43Z
dc.descriptionWe use recent results in binary stellar evolution to argue that binaries with at least one black hole dominate the rate of compact-object mergers. Two phenomena generally attributable to such mergers, gamma-ray bursts and gravity-wave bursts, are therefore likely to originate from near the event horizon of a black hole. In addition to sheer numbers, black holes have an added advantage over neutron stars in both phenomena. For gamma-ray bursts, the presence of an event horizon eases the baryon pollution problem, because energy can be stored into rotation until most baryons have been swallowed, and then released into a cleaner environment via the Blandford-Znajek process. For gravity-wave bursts, black holes offer higher luminosities due to their higher masses, thus enabling detection out to larger distances, which leads to a 30-fold increase in the predicted LIGO event rate.
dc.description5 pages, no figures, uses emulateapj.sty
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9905337
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9905337
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/14254
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleBrightness from the Blackest Night: Bursts of Gamma Rays and Gravity Waves from Black Hole Binaries
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