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arxiv: 1105.5147 · v2 · submitted 2011-05-25 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · gr-qc· hep-ph

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Are GRB 090423 and Similar bursts due to Superconducting Cosmic strings?

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Superconducting cosmic strings may be able to power energetic gamma-ray bursts, in particular at high-redshifts ($z>6$). The ultra-relativistic outflows driven by the superconducting cosmic strings, however, seem too narrow to be consistent with the afterglow data of GRB 090423 and GRB 080913.

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