{
  "id": "astro-ph/9808191",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1998-08-19T04:44:28.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-02-27T18:30:42.000Z",
  "title": "Can precessing jets explain the light curves of Gamma-ray Bursts?",
  "authors": [
    "Simon Portegies Zwart",
    "Chang-Hwan Lee",
    "Hyun Kyu Lee"
  ],
  "comment": "Apj in press: 25 pages, 16 figures",
  "doi": "10.1086/307471",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a phenomenological model to explain the light curves of gamma-ray bursts. In the model a black hole is orbited by a precessing accretion disc which is fed by a neutron star. Gamma-rays are produced in a highly collimated beam via the Blandford-Znajek mechanism. The gamma-ray beam sweeps through space due to the precession of the slaved accretion disc. The light curve expected from such a precessing luminosity cone can explain the complex temporal behavior of observed bright gamma-ray bursts.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1999-02-27T18:30:42.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "light curve",
      "precessing jets explain",
      "gamma-ray beam sweeps",
      "bright gamma-ray bursts",
      "complex temporal behavior"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 25,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 482928
    }
  }
}