A Burst of Speculation
Abstract
Self-consistent models of gamma-ray burst source regions at 100 Kpc distance are possible if the radiating plasma is confined to very thin sheets, and I estimate parameters. Energy sources might be elastic (by starquakes) or magnetic (by reconnection), but mechanisms remain obscure. I discuss a very speculative model involving collisions between comets in a hypothetical inner Oort cloud.
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