Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-12-22
AIP Conf.Proc.526:514-518,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in "Cosmic Explosions", Procs. 10th October Astrophysics Conference, Maryland, Oct. 11-13 1999; 13 pages, 3 figures,
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1361591
Gamma-ray bursts are thought to be the outcome of a cataclysmic event leading to a relativistically expanding fireball, in which particles are accelerated at shocks and produce nonthermal radiation. We discuss the theoretical predictions of the fireball shock model and its general agreement with observations. Some of the recent work deals with the collimation of the outflow and its implications for the energe tics, the production of prompt bright flashes at wavelenghts much longer than gamma-rays, the time structure of the afterglow, its dependence on the central engine or progenitor system behavior, and the role of the environment on the evolution of the afterglow.
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