Gamma-ray bursts
Gamma ray bursts
IOP Publishing
2018
EISBN 9780750315029
1. A historical primer.
1.1. A lesson in serendipity.
1.2. GRB phenomenology.
1.3. The early years.
1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation.
1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples.
1.6. The fireball shock model.
1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution.
1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies.
1.9. The supernova connection.
1.10. GRB energetics.
1.11. The Neil Gehrels Swift era.
1.12. New insights from fermi.
1.13. Multimessenger astronomy.
1.14. Summary.
As the most powerful explosion that occurs in the universe, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most exciting topics being studied in astrophysics. Creating more energy than the Sun does in its entire lifetime, GRBs create a blaze of light that will outshine every other object visible in the sky, enabling us to measure galaxies that are several million years old.
1.1. A lesson in serendipity.
1.2. GRB phenomenology.
1.3. The early years.
1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation.
1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples.
1.6. The fireball shock model.
1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution.
1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies.
1.9. The supernova connection.
1.10. GRB energetics.
1.11. The Neil Gehrels Swift era.
1.12. New insights from fermi.
1.13. Multimessenger astronomy.
1.14. Summary.
As the most powerful explosion that occurs in the universe, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most exciting topics being studied in astrophysics. Creating more energy than the Sun does in its entire lifetime, GRBs create a blaze of light that will outshine every other object visible in the sky, enabling us to measure galaxies that are several million years old.
