Tout, Christopher AWickramasinghe, DayalLau, Herbert H-BPringle, JamesFerrario, Lilia2015-12-100035-8711http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65888The stellar origin of γ-ray bursts can be explained by the rapid release of energy in a highly collimated, extremely relativistic jet. This in turn appears to require a rapidly spinning highly magnetized stellar core that collapses into a magnetic neutroAuthor/s retain copyrightKeywords: Binaries: close; Gamma-ray burst: general; Stars: neutron; White dwarfs201110.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17622.x2016-02-24