Gamma-ray bursts /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Levan, Andrew J. (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bristol : IOP Publishing, c2018.
• Σειρά: AAS-IOP astronomy. Release 1.
• Θέματα: Ακτίνες γ

As the most powerful explosion that occurs in the universe, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most exciting topics being studied in astrophysics. Creating more energy than the Sun does in its entire lifetime, GRBs create a blaze of light that will outshine every other object visible in the sky,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. A historical primer
• 1.1. A lesson in serendipity
• 1.2. GRB phenomenology
• 1.3. The early years
• 1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation
• 1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples
• 1.6. The fireball shock model
• 1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution
• 1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies
• 1.9. The supernova connection
• 1.10. GRB energetics
• 1.11. The Neil Gehrels Swift era
• 1.12. New insights from fermi
• 1.13. Multimessenger astronomy
• 1.14. Summary
• 2. Prompt emission
• 2.1. Observational properties
• 2.2. Origin of the prompt emission
• 2.3. Summary
• 3. Afterglow emission
• 3.1. The first afterglow searches
• 3.2. X-ray afterglows
• 3.3. Optical afterglows
• 3.4. Radio/submillimeter afterglows
• 3.5. Emission processes
• 3.6. Evidence for relativistic beaming
• 4. Central engines
• 4.1. The requirement of a central engine
• 4.2. Black hole central engines
• 4.3. Magnetar central engines
• 4.4. Central engines in other astrophysical transients
• 4.5. Summary
• 5. Long-GRB progenitors
• 5.1. The GRB-supernova connection
• 5.2. Observational constraints on stellar masses and sizes
• 5.3. Other populations of long-duration GRBs
• 5.4. Low-luminosity GRBs
• 5.5. Extremely long gamma-ray transients
• 5.6. Constraints for GRB production
• 5.7. Binary or single?
• 6. Short-GRB progenitors
• 6.1. Introduction
• 6.2. Progenitor models
• 6.3. Prompt emission properties
• 6.4. Afterglow properties
• 6.5. Host galaxy properties
• 6.6. Locations
• 6.7. Redshifts and energetics
• 6.8. Radioactively driven transients
• 6.9. Gravitational-wave emission
• 7. GRBs as cosmological probes
• 7.1. A range of cosmological probes
• 7.2. Science from high-z GRB afterglows
• 7.3. GRBs beyond z [tilde operator] 5
• 7.4. GRBs from population iii stars
• 7.5. The universal star formation rate
• 7.6. Cosmological parameters from GRBs
• 7.7. The GRB hubble diagram
• 8. Long-GRB host galaxies
• 8.1. Early observations
• 8.2. GRB hosts in the galaxy zoo
• 8.3. Basic properties of long-GRB hosts
• 8.4. Building meaningful samples of GRB hosts
• 8.5. GRBs hosts at optical and ir wavelengths
• 8.6. GRB hosts at submillimeter and radio wavelengths
• 8.7. GRB hosts as tools to probe progenitors
• 8.8. GRB hosts as tools to probe distant galaxies
• 8.9. Burst locations and environments
• 8.10. Comparative properties of GRB hosts with other core-collapse events
• 9. Multimessenger astronomy
• 9.1. From multiwavelength to multimessenger astronomy
• 9.2. Gravitational waves
• 9.3. Sources of gravitational-wave emission
• 9.4. Gravitational-wave horizons
• 9.5. Prospect for joint detections
• 9.6. Electromagnetic searches in black hole-black hole mergers
• 9.7. GW 170817 and GRB 170817a
• 9.8. Gravitational wave-electromagnetic detections : questions for the future
• 9.9. Neutrino emission
• 9.10. Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
• 9.11. Summary
• 10. GRB astronomy : summary and future outlook
• 10.1. Challenges for the future
• 10.2. Possibilities for future GRB detection missions
• 10.3. The crucial role of follow-up
• 10.4. Summary.