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a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 3 0 5 4 1 0 v 2 7 N o v 2 0 0 3 Polarization of prompt GRB emission: evidence for electromagnetically dominated outflow M. Lyutikov1,2,3, V.I. Pariev4,5, and R.D. Blandford6 1 Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2T8 2 Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, 60 St. George, Toronto, Ont, M5S 3H8, Canada 4 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 5 Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninsky Prospect 53, Moscow 119991, Russia 6 Theoretical Astrophysics, California Insti