  The evidence for a positive vacuum energy in our universe suggests that we
might be living in a false vacuum destined to ultimately decay to a true vacuum
free of dark energy. At present the simplest example of such a universe is one
that is exactly supersymmetric (susy). It is expected that the nucleation rate
of critically sized susy bubbles will be enhanced in regions of high density
such as in degenerate stars. The consequent release of energy stored in Pauli
towers provides a possible model for gamma ray bursts. Whether or not all or
any of the currently observed bursts are due to this mechanism, it is important
to define the signatures of this susy phase transition. After such a burst, due
to the lifting of degeneracy pressure, the star would be expected to collapse
into a black hole even though its mass is below the Chandrasekhar limit.
Previous studies have treated the star as fully releasing its stored energy
before the collapse. In this article we make an initial investigation of the
effects of the collapse during the gamma ray emission.
