Black Hole in Binary System is the Source of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts and Their Counterparts

TL;DR

This paper links cosmic gamma-ray bursts to black hole binaries, demonstrating how their properties and observed data can be used to identify sources, measure black hole masses, and clarify the true origin of GRBs.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method to determine the source locations of GRBs and measure black hole masses using relativistic effects observed in GRB clusters.

Findings

GRB sources are identified with black hole binaries

A technique for measuring black hole masses is developed

The cosmological origin of GRBs is challenged

Abstract

Discovery of GRB clusters allows us to determine coordinates and characteristics of their sources. The objects radiating GRBs are reliably identified with black hole binaries, including the Galactic binaries. One of the unusual GRB properties, which are determined by black hole, is revealed in that the measured arrival direction of GRB does not coincide with the real location of its source. Just this fact allows us to find the objects radiating GRBs. On the basis of the general relativity theory's effects, observed in the GRB clusters, the technique of the black hole masses measurement is developed. The calculated black hole masses for the majority of known Galactic BH binaries are presented. It is briefly shown how the incorrect interpretations of observational facts result in an erroneous idea of the GRB cosmological origin. In fact, two problems are solved in the paper: the GRB origin and the reality of BH existence.