Gamma-ray bursts:: Progress, problems & prospects

被引:686
作者
Zhang, B [1 ]
Mészáros, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 2004年 / 19卷 / 15期
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
gamma-ray bursts; high energy astrophysics; cosmology;
D O I
10.1142/S0217751X0401746X
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
The cosmological gamma-ray burst (GRB) phenomenon is reviewed. The broad observational facts and empirical phenomenological relations of the GRB prompt emission and afterglow are outlined. A well-tested, successful fireball shock model is introduced in a pedagogical manner. Several important uncertainties in the current understanding of the phenomenon are reviewed, and prospects of how future experiments and extensive observational and theoretical efforts may address these problems are discussed.
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页码:2385 / 2472
页数:88
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