Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aabb.book..209l&link_type=abstract
In: Advances in astronomy. Editor: J. M. T. Thompson. Royal Society Series on Advances in Science, Vol. 1. London: Imperial Coll
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Scientific paper
Gamma-Ray Bursts have been puzzling astronomers and astrophysicists for more than 30 years. In the late nineties, the discovery of afterglow emission created a quantum jump in their understanding. We now know that they are extremely bright events taking place at cosmological distances, that they involve the fastest expansion velocities in the known universe and that their explosion is probably associated with the death of a massive rotating star. Yet, many key issues are still calling for an explanation, and new more powerful experiments are being designed and built to deepen our insight into these extraordinary phenomena. I will describe our understanding of Gamma-Ray Burst physics and the observational basis that led to the development of the present model, with particular emphasis on the last few years of research. I will then discuss the open issues and how future generation satellites, such as Swift, will help us to clarify them.
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