GRB Afterglows: illuminating the star-forming universe

Details GRB Afterglows: illuminating the star-forming universe GRB Afterglows: illuminating the star-forming universe

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004msngr.118...35v&link_type=abstract

The Messenger (ISSN0722-6691), No.118, p. 35-39 (December 2004)

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Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows are distant powerhouses that can be extremely bright. Therefore, they can be used as a tool to study intervening matter along the line of sight, in exactly the same way that quasars have been used for decades, with two important differences: First, GRB afterglows fade away, thereby in time opening up their lines of sight for deep searches for the counterparts of the absorption systems. Secondly, a subclass of GRBs is related to the deaths of massive stars, and hence their afterglows provide sightlines directly into the very cores of star-forming regions, illuminating the line of sight all the way down to their immediate surroundings.

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