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Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« on: February 23, 2017, 09:23:13 PM »
So I was watching a space documentary about gamma-ray bursts, and at one point they said that a massive star rotating very fast is part of the reason a gamma-ray burst is emitted.

So if a sun-like star spins fast enough, could it emit a gamma-ray burst?

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Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2017, 08:32:17 AM »
no. the sun would rip itself apart.

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Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2017, 12:53:18 PM »
rip itself apart.

If it would, then why hasn't Archenar or VFTS-102?

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Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2017, 01:13:14 PM »
no the sun would have to be massive enough to go supernova to produce a grb


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Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2017, 12:10:45 AM »
nope

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Re: Is it possible for a sun-like star to emit a gamma-ray burst?
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2017, 08:31:25 AM »
Our Sun also produce gamma rays bursts, but not with the intensity of GBRs stars

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/nasa-solar-flares-radiation-gamma-rays-fermi-space-science/