From: palmer@cco.caltech.edu (David M. Palmer)
Subject: Re: Gamma Ray Bursters How energetic could they be?
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prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:

>In article <1993Apr26.200406.1@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> belgarath@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:
>|energetic for close by.  for the coronal model, we found around 10^43 erg/sec.
>|And lastly, for the cosmological model an L=10^53. That's what you'd call
>|moderately energetic, I'd say.  Any suggestions about what could put out that
>|much energy in one second? 
>>                                                -jeremy

>big Capacitor :-)   Real Big  capacitor.

It's been suggested.  (Specifically, lightning strikes between clouds
in the interstellar medium.)

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		David M. Palmer		palmer@alumni.caltech.edu
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