Gamma-ray Bursts

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511980336

Cosmic gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have fascinated scientists and the public alike since their discovery in the late 1960s. Their story is told here by some of the scientists who participated in their discovery and, after many decades of false starts, solved the problem of their origin. Fourteen chapters by active researchers in the field present a detailed history of the discovery, a comprehensive theoretical description of GRB central engine and emission models, a discussion of GRB host galaxies and a guide to how GRBs can be used as cosmological tools. Observations are grouped into three sets from the satellites CGRO, BeppoSAX and Swift, and followed by a discussion of multi-wavelength observations. This is the first edited volume on GRB astrophysics that presents a fully comprehensive review of the subject. Utilizing the latest research, Gamma-ray Bursts is an essential desktop companion for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics.

'… the editors and authors are to be congratulated at managing to squeeze so much into a modest-sized volume. … I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in how the most luminous objects in the Universe work.'

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of contributors
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Prologue
pp xii-xvi
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1 - The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon
pp 1-8
- By Ray W. Klebesadel, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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2 - Instrumental principles
pp 9-18
- By Edward E. Fenimore, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS B244, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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3 - The BATSE era
pp 19-38
- By Gerald J. Fishman, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Space Science Office, VP62, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA, Charles A. Meegan, Universities Space Research Association, NSSTC, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
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4 - The cosmological era
pp 39-72
- By Luigi Piro, Instituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica, Sez. Roma, INAF, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome, I-00133, Italy, Kevin Hurley, University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, USA
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5 - The Swift era
pp 73-90
- By Neil Gehrels, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, David N. Burrows, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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6 - Discoveries enabled by multiwavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts
pp 91-120
- By Jochen Greiner, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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7 - Prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts
pp 121-150
- By Tsvi Piran, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel, Re'em Sari, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel, Robert Mochkovitch, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095 Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS, 98bis Boulevard Arago, Paris, 75014
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8 - Basic gamma-ray burst afterglows
pp 151-168
- By Peter Mészáros, Department of Physics and Center for Particle Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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9 - The GRB–supernova connection
pp 169-190
- By Jens Hjorth, Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Joshua S. Bloom, Astronomy Department, University of California, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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10 - Models for gamma-ray burst progenitors and central engines
pp 191-214
- By Stan Woosley, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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11 - Jets and gamma-ray burst unification schemes
pp 215-250
- By Jonathan Granot, 31 Rupin Street, Rehovot 76345, Israel, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Astronomy and Astrophysics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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12 - High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos
pp 251-268
- By Eli Waxman, Physics Faculty, Weizman Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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13 - Long gamma-ray burst host galaxies and their environments
pp 269-290
- By Johan P. U. Fynbo, Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Daniele Malesani, Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vij 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Páll Jakobsson, Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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14 - Gamma-ray burst cosmology
pp 291-310
- By Volker Bromm, Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, 2511 Speedway, RLM 15.306, Austin, TX 78712, USA, Abraham Loeb, Astronomy Department, Harvard University, 60 Garden Street, MS-51, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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15 - Epilogue
pp 311-334
- By Roger D. Blandford, SLAC, KIPAC, 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 29, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Indix
pp 335-344
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-ix

List of contributors
pp x-xi

Prologue
pp xii-xvi

1 - The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon
pp 1-8

2 - Instrumental principles
pp 9-18

3 - The BATSE era
pp 19-38

4 - The cosmological era
pp 39-72

5 - The Swift era
pp 73-90

6 - Discoveries enabled by multiwavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts
pp 91-120

7 - Prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts
pp 121-150

8 - Basic gamma-ray burst afterglows
pp 151-168

9 - The GRB–supernova connection
pp 169-190

10 - Models for gamma-ray burst progenitors and central engines
pp 191-214

11 - Jets and gamma-ray burst unification schemes
pp 215-250

12 - High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos
pp 251-268

13 - Long gamma-ray burst host galaxies and their environments
pp 269-290

14 - Gamma-ray burst cosmology
pp 291-310

15 - Epilogue
pp 311-334

Indix
pp 335-344

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