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It is show in the following that cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GBs) may be generated when the magnetospheres of single neutron stars (NSs) are excited by strong starquakes. Important new observational data are explained, and several verifiable predictions are proposed on the basis of this approach.
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Mitrofanov, I.G. On the nature of cosmic gamma-ray bursts. Astrophys Space Sci 105, 245–251 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651078
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