We propose that a gamma-ray burst in one member of a binary may induce a supernova-like explosion of a close, white dwarf companion. Such an explosion might be brought about in rather light companions, which cannot undergo the standard accretion-induced explosion. This would give some supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts an appearance rather unlike that of the typical Type I supernova. GRB 980425, if indeed associated with SN 1998bw, is too weak to have produced the latter through our proposed mechanism.
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