Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
8 pages, 6 figures, to be published in the proceedings of "44th Rencontres de Moriond", La Thuile (Val d'Aosta, Italy) on "Ver
Scientific paper
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the brightest sources in the universe, emit mostly in the hard X-ray energy band and have been detected at redshifts up to ~8.1. Thus, they are in principle very powerful probes for cosmology. I shortly review the researches aimed to use GRBs for the measurement of cosmological parameters, which are mainly based on the correlation between spectral peak photon energy and total radiated energy or luminosity. In particular, based on an enriched sample of 95 GRBs, I will provide an update of the analysis by Amati et al. (2008) aimed at extracting information on Omega_M and, to a less extent, on Omega_Lambda, from the Ep,i - Eiso correlation. I also briefly discuss the perspectives of using GRBs as cosmological beacons for high resolution absorption spectroscopy of the IGM (e.g., WHIM), and as tracers of the SFR, up to the "dark ages" (z > 6) of the universe.
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