The circumstellar environment of rotating Wolf-Rayet Stars and the implications for GRB afterglows
arXiv:astro-ph/0610413 · doi:10.1098/rsta.2006.1973
Abstract
If Wolf-Rayet stars are the progenitors of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), they must rotate rapidly to produce the GRB. This rotation may effect their stellar-wind bubbles and possibly explain why so many GRB afterglows occur in a constant density medium.
arXiv comment2 pages, 1 figure. To appear in the proceedings of the RS GRB discussion meeting
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