%0 Journal Article
%T Black hole neutron star coalescence as a source of gamma-ray bursts
%A W. H. Lee
%A W. Kluzniak
%J Physics
%D 1997
%I arXiv
%R 10.1063/1.55453
%X We present the results of hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations showing the coalescence of a black hole with a neutron star to be a promising theoretical source of short duration gamma-ray bursts. The favorable features of the process include rapid onset, millisecond variability, a duration much longer than the dynamical timescale, and a range of outcomes sufficient to allow variety in the properties of individual gamma-ray bursts. Interestingly, the process of coalescence differs rather markedly from past predictions.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9711172v1