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Primordial Flares, Flux Tubes, and Gamma-ray Bursts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

K. M. Hiremath
K. M. Hiremath*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore-560034, India

Abstract

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Given the prevailing physical conditions in the cosmic environment, the similarity of solar transients and cosmic gamma-ray bursts suggests that the most promising energy source for the latter may be primordial flares, which derive energy from magnetic reconnection.

Type
Part II: Posters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 397 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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